Re: ATTN: AbiWord 2.9.1 released!
On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 12:32 AM, Chris Leonard wrote: > On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 6:31 PM, Peter Robinson wrote: > >> 2.9.x are development releases so they're not yet in an upstream fedora >> release. We use the version that ships in Fedora so at the moment its not >> much use. >> > > Peter, > > I guess that is one way to see it, but there are other perspectives. > > As 2.9.x represents the first development release of what will become 3.0, > now is the ideal time to begin looking at it as AbiWord is OLPC's word > processor of choice on the GNOME boot side and word processing is an > important activity to deployments. Better to engage early and have the > opportunity to shape the direction of further development than to show up > late to the party. > > Some of the key features now present in the 2.9.x series represent the > culmination of work that was done collaboratively between OLPC and AbiWord > to develop the Write activity a few years ago. These features include > support for collaboration via Telepathy (Jabber/XMPP), so it's release an > achievement in which OLPC can share some pride with it's friends from > Collabora who contributed to making this possible. Improved support for RTL > languages like Arabic and Hebrew made substantial gains through work on > Write and is a feature of importance to some of OLPC's deployments. The > experiemental EPUB authoring plug-in has the potential to greatly facility > sharable content creation on the XO. > There's a number of important points that you completely miss. Abiword already has collaboration support in Fedora due to the OLPC collaboration from eons ago. This has been the case for ages. We have for quite some time used mostly upstream Fedora to minimise doubled work. This change changes it to upstream XMPP standards (at least that's my understanding) and I don't know how that would work with the existing versions which would in turn break all existing deployments. > Or I suppose you could ignore it until 3.0 ships and then figure this stuff > out in a rush and be too late to have any influence or further leverage the > historical ties between OLPC and AbiWord that have so far proven remarkably > beneficial to both communities, YMMV. > I think those comments are both naive, misinformed and irrelevant. We aren't ignoring it, it will go into Fedora when the upstream maintainer who also happens to be the Fedora maintain and the person who did all the collaboration work for OLPC back in the day believes its ready to do so. I believe that will be in what is currently rawhide, so what will become F-16/SoaS-6 where we can properly test it and see what impact it will have. Peter ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: OLPC-AU release candidate RC3 (au867)
I'll try this tomorrow night when I come home. thanks, Andrew On 08/07/2011, at 4:57 PM, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > The Melbourne XO Club meets on 16 July, as part of the LUV Beginners' > Workshop: > > http://lists.luv.asn.au/wws/arc/luv-announce/2011-07/msg1.html > http://luv.asn.au/2011/07/16 > > We need to have a release out by 25 July, which is the start of Term 3 > in Northern Territory schools. > > This release won't be directly available for XO-1s (we're phasing > those out). You can install our last (and latest stable) release > (10.1.3-au2) and run the upgrade routine. Your feedback on this would > be very valuable, as this is our intended method of getting our XO-1s > onto 10.1.3-au3. > > Installing 10.1.3-au2[0] can be done by directly writing the image to > the XO, or through our XO-AU USB 2[1]. Once your XO is flashed and > working, you can run the upgrade routine as already outlined. To > repeat: > > 1. extract the ZIP file[3] to a USB drive > 2. plug into the XO > 3. turn on > > Once the upgrade stick verifies that you have a 10.1.3-au release > installed, it will upgrade the OS to 10.1.3-au3. > > Cheers, > Sridhar > > > [0] http://dev.laptop.org.au/projects/xo-au/wiki/1013-au2_release_notes > [1] http://download.laptop.org.au/XO/USB/2/xo-au-usb-2-xo1.zip > [3] > http://dev.laptop.org.au/projects/xo-au-usb/repository/revisions/delta/raw/key/delta.zip > > > > On 8 July 2011 09:25, Andrew van der Stock wrote: >> Are you going to have a test day for this image? I'm working in Melbourne >> CBD now, and although I have XO-1's, I'd be happy to help test the image if >> you're going to have a day I can come in and bash away at the things that I >> know bug me about some of the trial builds. >> >> thanks, >> Andrew >> >> On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 9:14 AM, James Cameron wrote: >>> >>> On Thu, Jul 07, 2011 at 06:07:12PM -0500, Jerry Vonau wrote: Need to use what the download url is in redmine, this should be correct: https://dev.laptop.org.au/projects/xo-au-usb/repository/revisions/delta/raw/key/delta.zip >>> >>> Thanks. Looks neat, well done. Please upstream any useful stuff. >>> >>> -- >>> James Cameron >>> http://quozl.linux.org.au/ >>> ___ >>> Devel mailing list >>> Devel@lists.laptop.org >>> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel >> >> ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: [support-gang] [ANNOUNCE] Sugar Labs Licensing Referendum (non-binding) results
Hi Luke, I was surprised as I had no recollection at all of the original email (subscribed to way too many Sugar related lists), but after some digging found it had been clobbered as junk email, so not sure who else this may have hit, but thought it worth mentioning. Regards, --Gary On 10 Jul 2011, at 23:45, Luke Faraone wrote: > On 06/14/2011 05:42 PM, Luke Faraone wrote: >> This is a vote to determine the suggested license for future releases >> of Sugar. This poll will run from right now until Wed Jun 29 2011 at >> midnight UTC-4. > > Sorry for the late update; the reporting mechanism for our voting > software temporarily broke. > > Summary: the winner was **GNU GPL version 3, or any later version**. > > ## Results Details ## > > 55 out of 217 eligible members voted, or a little more than ¼. > > The full results of this election ranked the candidates in order of > preference (from most preferred to least preferred): > > 1. GNU GPL version 3, or any later version > 2. GNU GPL version 2, or any later version > 3. Don't know or don't care > > > Each number in the table below shows how many times the candidate on the > left beat the matching candidate on the top. The winner is on the top of > the left column. > v3 v2 DC > v3-- 34 37 > v221 -- 42 > DC18 13 -- > > Based on a sheer count of 1st place votes, v3 received 49% of the vote, > v2 received 29% of the vote, and the apathetic position received the > remaining 22% of the vote. > > Full details (and alternative election method calculations) are visible > at the Selectricity page linked in the original voting ticket email. > > Thanks, > > Luke Faraone > Sugar Labs, Systems > ✉: l...@sugarlabs.org > I: lfaraone on irc.freenode.net > > ___ > support-gang mailing list > support-g...@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: [support-gang] [ANNOUNCE] Sugar Labs Licensing Referendum (non-binding) results
Me too :( And with a gmail account too. Gonzalo On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 11:23 PM, Gary Martin wrote: > Hi Luke, > > I was surprised as I had no recollection at all of the original email > (subscribed to way too many Sugar related lists), but after some digging > found it had been clobbered as junk email, so not sure who else this may > have hit, but thought it worth mentioning. > > Regards, > --Gary > > On 10 Jul 2011, at 23:45, Luke Faraone wrote: > > > On 06/14/2011 05:42 PM, Luke Faraone wrote: > >> This is a vote to determine the suggested license for future releases > >> of Sugar. This poll will run from right now until Wed Jun 29 2011 at > >> midnight UTC-4. > > > > Sorry for the late update; the reporting mechanism for our voting > > software temporarily broke. > > > > Summary: the winner was **GNU GPL version 3, or any later version**. > > > > ## Results Details ## > > > > 55 out of 217 eligible members voted, or a little more than ¼. > > > > The full results of this election ranked the candidates in order of > > preference (from most preferred to least preferred): > > > > 1. GNU GPL version 3, or any later version > > 2. GNU GPL version 2, or any later version > > 3. Don't know or don't care > > > > > > Each number in the table below shows how many times the candidate on the > > left beat the matching candidate on the top. The winner is on the top of > > the left column. > > v3 v2 DC > > v3-- 34 37 > > v221 -- 42 > > DC18 13 -- > > > > Based on a sheer count of 1st place votes, v3 received 49% of the vote, > > v2 received 29% of the vote, and the apathetic position received the > > remaining 22% of the vote. > > > > Full details (and alternative election method calculations) are visible > > at the Selectricity page linked in the original voting ticket email. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Luke Faraone > > Sugar Labs, Systems > > ✉: l...@sugarlabs.org > > I: lfaraone on irc.freenode.net > > > > ___ > > support-gang mailing list > > support-g...@lists.laptop.org > > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang > > ___ > support-gang mailing list > support-g...@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/support-gang > ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] [support-gang] [ANNOUNCE] Sugar Labs Licensing Referendum (non-binding) results
On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 5:43 PM, Luke Faraone wrote: > On 07/10/2011 10:23 PM, Gary Martin wrote: > > I was surprised as I had no recollection at all of the original email > > (subscribed to way too many Sugar related lists), but after some > > digging found it had been clobbered as junk email, so not sure who > > else this may have hit, but thought it worth mentioning. > > Odd. Did you at least get the mail from Selectricity? FWIW: I just went through the spam folder on my university e-mail account ( e0425...@student.tuwien.ac.at) where I've previously received the Selectricity messages but can't find anything message about this election. I did however get Luke's announcement on June 14 but hadn't read it until now:-/ Cheers, Christoph -- Christoph Derndorfer co-editor, olpcnews url: www.olpcnews.com e-mail: christ...@olpcnews.com ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: [support-gang] [ANNOUNCE] Sugar Labs Licensing Referendum (non-binding) results
On 11 July 2011 03:23, Gary Martin wrote: > Hi Luke, > > I was surprised as I had no recollection at all of the original email > (subscribed to way too many Sugar related lists), but after some digging > found it had been clobbered as junk email, so not sure who else this may have > hit, but thought it worth mentioning. I was not included on the members ballot even though I have voted before. Similarly, I wonder if I'm the only one in this situation. Daniel ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: [support-gang] [ANNOUNCE] Sugar Labs Licensing Referendum (non-binding) results
Hi Luke, On 11 Jul 2011, at 16:43, Luke Faraone wrote: > On 07/10/2011 10:23 PM, Gary Martin wrote: >> I was surprised as I had no recollection at all of the original email >> (subscribed to way too many Sugar related lists), but after some >> digging found it had been clobbered as junk email, so not sure who >> else this may have hit, but thought it worth mentioning. > > Odd. Did you at least get the mail from Selectricity? Not that I was aware of, but I just did a search for selectricity and found a June 15th email "[Sugar Labs Licensing Referendum (non-binding)] Election Begun!" again tagged as spam and unread. I'm using gmail, it usually does an excellent job with spam, so something's clearly triggered their filters. --Gary > -- > Luke Faraone > Sugar Labs, Systems > ✉: l...@sugarlabs.org > I: lfaraone on irc.freenode.net > ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
RE: [SoaS] [support-gang] [ANNOUNCE] Sugar Labs Licensing Referendum (non-binding) results
Hi... I was in the middle of a crowd/parade of houseguests and completely overlooked the Selectricity email. A reminder message from Luke directly to the eligible voters with a catchy, not-to-be missed Subject line would be helpful next time. Sorry I missed this one. Caryl > Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 18:03:06 +0100 > From: d...@laptop.org > To: support-g...@lists.laptop.org > CC: sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org; market...@lists.sugarlabs.org; > s...@lists.sugarlabs.org; i...@lists.sugarlabs.org; l...@sugarlabs.org; > de...@laptop.org > Subject: Re: [SoaS] [support-gang] [ANNOUNCE] Sugar Labs Licensing Referendum > (non-binding) results > > On 11 July 2011 03:23, Gary Martin wrote: > > Hi Luke, > > > > I was surprised as I had no recollection at all of the original email > > (subscribed to way too many Sugar related lists), but after some digging > > found it had been clobbered as junk email, so not sure who else this may > > have hit, but thought it worth mentioning. > > I was not included on the members ballot even though I have voted > before. Similarly, I wonder if I'm the only one in this situation. > > Daniel > ___ > SoaS mailing list > s...@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: [Sugar-devel] [support-gang] [ANNOUNCE] Sugar Labs Licensing Referendum (non-binding) results
On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 4:43 PM, Luke Faraone wrote: > On 07/10/2011 10:23 PM, Gary Martin wrote: > > I was surprised as I had no recollection at all of the original email > > (subscribed to way too many Sugar related lists), but after some > > digging found it had been clobbered as junk email, so not sure who > > else this may have hit, but thought it worth mentioning. > > Odd. Did you at least get the mail from Selectricity? > > It came through on my gmail and wasn't marked as spam but I was busy and forgot about the election. I would have thought there would have been a reminder. Peter ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: [Server-devel] DNS question for East Timor deployment
Btw are the details of the Timor Leste deployment public? Would love to promote this to the NZ list On 12/07/2011 6:07 AM, "Tim Moody" wrote: > You didn't mention the make and model of your WAP, but it sounds like it is > acting as a dhcp server and a dns server. When it hands the xo an ip addr > it also says that it is the dns server (192.168.1.1). I'm guessing the xos > can find each other, just not the server. > > Some wireless routers allow you to add static addresses to the dhcp/dns and > some even discover them, but don't know the device name. If yours does, > just add 192.168.1.100 and tell the WAP that its name is Schoolserver. > > If you want to use the XS as dns, I think you will need to use it as dhcp as > well. I know the AU-XS folks are working on a simple way to turn this on, > but I'm not sure if it is in place yet. In this case you need to turn dhcp > off in your WAP. > > What happens if you go into the networking maintenance section on the xo and > tell it that your schoolserver is 192.168.1.100 rather than giving it a > name? Of course, this would be a clumsy approach because you would have to > do it in every xo. > > >> Message: 1 >> Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 09:08:16 +0930 >> From: Tom Daly >> To: server-de...@lists.laptop.org >> Subject: [Server-devel] DNS question for East Timor deployment >> Message-ID: <31eb7c54-99ff-436f-b213-fa7c6cef1...@gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >> >> Dear all, >> >> A colleague and I are working on a small XO deployment in East Timor and >> are having trouble accessing the XS server from the XOs. We are using the >> Australian XS server software builds and are using a wireless access >> point that is NOT connected to the internet. Our issue is that as we are >> not connected to the internet we do not have *easy* access to a DNS >> server. My first plan was to simply use the IP address from the XOs to >> access the school server e.g. http://192.168.1.100 but the XOs still seem >> to want to use DNS. >> >> Question: can I easily turn on DNS server on the XS given that we do not >> have an internet connection ? >> If so how do I do this ? >> >> On the XO's : >> /etc/nsswitch.conf says files dns >> And /etc/resolv.conf appears to get the nameserver 192.168.1.1 entry when >> the XO connects to the WAP for the first time. >> >> So >> XO Server WAP -- XS Server | >> >> thanks for any assistance >> Tom > > > ___ > Server-devel mailing list > server-de...@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel ___ Server-devel mailing list server-de...@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/server-devel
Content Proposal, Universal Declaration of Human Rights
All, With assistance from Gonzalo on the texts and good advice from dsd and Cerlyn on downsampling OGG files I've managed to build this content bundle and trim it down to 17.3 MB. http://wiki.laptop.org/go/File:UDHRLatAmCarib.xol The texts and the English, Simple English and Spanish OGG files are self-contained, other voice files and the teacher's guide PDFs are external links. Please try out this bundle and consider it for inclusion in the distributed OLPC content library. Let me know if there are any questions. cjl ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
