Re: ttfautohint's functionality from the removal of the infinality patch

2023-08-21 Thread Dave Crossland
On Sun, 20 Aug 2023 at 17:41, Hin-Tak Leung wrote: > On Sunday, 20 August 2023 at 18:28:54 BST, Dave Crossland > wrote: > > > Since almost all new fonts are vf, I'm no longer seeing ttfautohint in > common usage, but I don't think it's effected by this. > > That's not n

Re: ttfautohint's functionality from the removal of the infinality patch

2023-08-20 Thread Dave Crossland
Since almost all new fonts are vf, I'm no longer seeing ttfautohint in common usage, but I don't think it's effected by this.

Re: Lohit vs Noto Indic fonts

2023-06-16 Thread Dave Crossland
On Mon, Jun 12, 2023, 4:51 PM pravin@gmail.com wrote: > > > On Mon, 12 Jun 2023 at 02:39, Dave Crossland wrote: > >> I'm the Noto product owner at Google Fonts, I expect the wider range of >> styles available by itself would make Noto fonts a better choice :) I would

Re: Lohit vs Noto Indic fonts

2023-06-16 Thread Dave Crossland
Noto fonts are available with sources and fully libre CI build systems at GitHub.com/notofonts and follow open source development methodology, although they use the format preferred by the font designer. Some use sfd, one even uses their own custom font code in python, but - as in the majority of

Re: Lohit vs Noto Indic fonts

2023-06-11 Thread Dave Crossland
I'm the Noto product owner at Google Fonts, I expect the wider range of styles available by itself would make Noto fonts a better choice :) I would be happy to hear any aspects of Lohit that are superior ___ fonts mailing list --

Re: [CREATE] LGM

2022-11-18 Thread Dave Crossland
I was thinking of organizing a small libre fonts gathering in Europe or USA. The ATypI.org conference is in Paris in May, so I was thinking about something in London (or Reading city) before/after that event; could also do it in Berlin since my manager at Google is living there again atm ;) But a

Re: [CREATE] Poll about LGM 2021

2021-02-17 Thread Dave Crossland
What was the result of the poll? :) ___ CREATE mailing list CREATE@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create

[Sugar-devel] Free XO-1s

2020-10-17 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi I have a few XOs in my wardrobe and need to clear out some space, where's the best place to send them? I'm in NYC but can mail them where needed Cheers Dave ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org

Re: [Sugar-devel] Tom Gilliard

2020-07-26 Thread Dave Crossland
Very sad news. Thanks for sharing ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Tom Gilliard

2020-07-26 Thread Dave Crossland
Very sad news. Thanks for sharing ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep

Re: [ft-devel] OpenType in SVG support?

2019-06-11 Thread Dave Crossland
I'm curious if you have any updates on this? :) ___ Freetype-devel mailing list Freetype-devel@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freetype-devel

Re: [Sugar-devel] Request for Comments: What's missing for a Sugar 1.0 release?

2019-05-20 Thread Dave Crossland
I'm curious how often those XO machines are updated to the latest release of Sugar. Does anyone have any estimates for how many machines are in active use and how many are really upgraded? On Mon, May 20, 2019, 3:18 AM Tony Anderson wrote: > Sugar Labs are the only people on the planet who

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] [SLOBS] Sugar Labs changing directions

2019-05-06 Thread Dave Crossland
Thanks Karen! Glad to hear that Conservancy will help make the transition smooth :) ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Sugar Labs changing directions

2019-05-06 Thread Dave Crossland
Thanks Karen! Glad to hear that Conservancy will help make the transition smooth :) ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep

[ft-devel] OpenType in SVG support?

2019-03-15 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi Does freetype support OpenType in SVG fonts? -- Cheers Dave ___ Freetype-devel mailing list Freetype-devel@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freetype-devel

Re: [Sugar-devel] Newcomer Introduction

2019-01-26 Thread Dave Crossland
Welcome!! ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel

Re: [Sugar-devel] Sl.org Down?

2019-01-26 Thread Dave Crossland
Server seems to be offline On Sat, Jan 26, 2019, 7:18 AM Sumit Srivastava Can't access it too. > > On Sat, 26 Jan 2019, 5:46 pm Vipul Gupta, > wrote: > >> Just tried on Chrome, can't seem to access it. >> >> On Sat, Jan 26, 2019 at 4:17 PM Samson Goddy >> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> Is it

Re: [Sugar-devel] Abandoned or orphaned activities

2019-01-23 Thread Dave Crossland
on, which > includes Sugar and these activities. The rest of my time is already > sold. > > On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 07:27:56AM -0500, Dave Crossland wrote: > > James, are you soliciting SL pay you as a contractor to fix Activities > not on > > the list? > > > > On

Re: [Sugar-devel] Abandoned or orphaned activities

2019-01-23 Thread Dave Crossland
James, are you soliciting SL pay you as a contractor to fix Activities not on the list? On Wed, Jan 23, 2019, 1:15 AM James Cameron Nice idea, but hasn't happened yet, and I don't expect it to ever > happen without scaling up the number of testers and fixers. > > We just don't have enough people

Re: [IAEP] welcoming the new Sugar Labs oversight board members

2018-12-21 Thread Dave Crossland
Thanks for summarizing the recent organizational activity and best wishes to all :) ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] welcoming the new Sugar Labs oversight board members

2018-12-21 Thread Dave Crossland
Thanks for summarizing the recent organizational activity and best wishes to all :) ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel

Re: [IAEP] IAEP and sugar-devel mailing list subscriber statistics, by the numbers

2018-12-21 Thread Dave Crossland
Thanks for sharing! On Fri, Dec 21, 2018, 7:06 PM Alex Perez In case anyone was curious... > > Of the 238 subscribers on iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org: > > * 32 people have chosen to place their subscription in the "nomail" > state, so they are able to send e-mail to the list, but don't receive >

Re: [IAEP] SCaLE 17X March7 -10, 2019

2018-12-21 Thread Dave Crossland
physical event, from "I'll bring X, Y, Z" to "meet us here on > Friday" that simply _should not_ be happening on the iaep mailing list. > > Dave Crossland wrote: > > I agree with Caryl, in that unlike me and the 229 others not doing > > anything for

Re: [IAEP] SCaLE 17X March7 -10, 2019

2018-12-21 Thread Dave Crossland
I agree with Caryl, in that unlike me and the 229 others not doing anything for scale, she is doing something and that should only be commended. I also think splintering the discussion in many mailing lists is a pity, since email reader app features exist to deal with muting uninteresting

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] [SLOB] Meeting Reminder

2018-12-09 Thread Dave Crossland
I've set that up. Thanks for the instructions :) ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [SLOB] Meeting Reminder

2018-12-09 Thread Dave Crossland
I've set that up. Thanks for the instructions :) ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [SLOB] Meeting Reminder

2018-12-09 Thread Dave Crossland
On Sat, 8 Dec 2018 at 09:09, Walter Bender wrote: > On Fri, Dec 7, 2018 at 8:04 PM Dave Crossland wrote: > >> Thanks for sharing the logs! >> > > FWIW, the logs from every meeting are available in the wiki: > https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Minutes

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] [SLOB] Meeting Reminder

2018-12-09 Thread Dave Crossland
On Sat, 8 Dec 2018 at 09:09, Walter Bender wrote: > On Fri, Dec 7, 2018 at 8:04 PM Dave Crossland wrote: > >> Thanks for sharing the logs! >> > > FWIW, the logs from every meeting are available in the wiki: > https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Oversight_Board/Minutes

Re: [Sugar-devel] [Systems] Tidying up; images from 2010 to 2012

2018-12-09 Thread Dave Crossland
The benefits of keeping old data around that you currently see no use for, is that in the future you may want to use the data for some purpose, after all. And data storage is cheap. That being said, I have no objection to deleting them. I'm not sure anyone would notice if they just go. If

Re: [Sugar-devel] Workshop Success

2018-12-09 Thread Dave Crossland
Nice! ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel

Re: [Sugar-devel] [Systems] Tidying up; images from 2010 to 2012

2018-12-07 Thread Dave Crossland
I don't see the harm in leaving old stuff lying around if the disk has plenty of room. Surely there's more important things to do :) ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel

Re: [Sugar-devel] [Systems] Tidying up; images from 2010 to 2012

2018-12-07 Thread Dave Crossland
What % of the server disk space is used? ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] [SLOB] Meeting Reminder

2018-12-07 Thread Dave Crossland
Thanks for sharing the logs! ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [SLOB] Meeting Reminder

2018-12-07 Thread Dave Crossland
Thanks for sharing the logs! ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep

Re: [IAEP] How to navigate sugar-desktop (actually the Journal activity?) in my vanilla F29

2018-11-25 Thread Dave Crossland
What sugar activity packages did you install vis yum? My guess is you don't have any pulled in as dependencies from sugar-desktop. On Sun, Nov 25, 2018, 11:05 PM Kevin Hi all, and thanks for making and sharing sugar. It looks like wonderful > software. > > I'd like to introduce my 8yo kid to

Re: [Sugar-devel] Call for Design meeting

2018-09-09 Thread Dave Crossland
Love to see this happening! :) Please provide timezones in EST, CST, MT and PT for folks in the USA ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel

Re: [Sugar-devel] Sugar on Windows

2018-08-25 Thread Dave Crossland
Amazing news!! I think this is huge :) congratulations on making this happen :) ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel

Re: [Sugar-devel] ASLO shut down target date? (was: licensing question)

2018-05-25 Thread Dave Crossland
On 25 May 2018 at 00:47, Tony Anderson wrote: > ASLO provides access to Sugar activities (*.xo bundles). Ways in which > users get Sugar is not relevant. When James said, "plenty of disk space these days to include all working activities in a build", that suggested to me

Re: [Sugar-devel] ASLO shut down target date? (was: licensing question)

2018-05-24 Thread Dave Crossland
On 23 May 2018 at 23:29, Walter Bender <walter.ben...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 11:26 PM Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On Wed, May 23, 2018, 8:54 PM James Cameron <qu...@laptop.org> wrote: >> >>&

Re: [Sugar-devel] licensing question

2018-05-23 Thread Dave Crossland
On Wed, May 23, 2018, 11:28 PM James Cameron <qu...@laptop.org> wrote: > On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 11:23:24PM -0400, Dave Crossland wrote: > > > > On Wed, May 23, 2018, 8:54 PM James Cameron <[1]qu...@laptop.org> wrote: > > > > If the source licen

[Sugar-devel] ASLO shut down target date? (was: licensing question)

2018-05-23 Thread Dave Crossland
On Wed, May 23, 2018, 8:54 PM James Cameron wrote: > > > > Tony's insistence on ASLO continues to amuse me. Most distribution of > activities now happens through bundles, tarballs, and GitHub. ASLO is > rarely used by distributors or indeed useful for anything except >

Re: [Sugar-devel] licensing question

2018-05-23 Thread Dave Crossland
On Wed, May 23, 2018, 8:54 PM James Cameron wrote: > > If the source license is GPLv3+, then anyone can relicense as Apache > 2.0. > N :) > This is ABSOLUTELY false. If the source license is GPLv3+, then anyone can add new code that combines with the GPLv3(+) code

Re: [Sugar-devel] FAQ on Sugarizer

2018-05-17 Thread Dave Crossland
On 17 May 2018 at 13:44, Lionel Laské wrote: > > > 2. Do you have a plan for reconciling the licensing issue [2]? The issue >> is marked as Wont Fix, but I don't think that is adequate. In addition, >> there has been a lot of unilateral re-licensing of GPL and AGPL

[IAEP] The Verge article on OLPC/Sugar

2018-04-16 Thread Dave Crossland
www.theverge.com/2018/4/16/17233946/olpcs-100-laptop-education-where-is-it-now ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep

Re: [Sugar-devel] Python 3 port - How to test Sugar desktop module builds

2018-02-28 Thread Dave Crossland
Really great to hear this progressing :) ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel

Re: [Sugar-devel] New pull request reviewers; Rahul and Yash

2018-02-22 Thread Dave Crossland
Congrats guys! ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel

[IAEP] Fwd: [Sugar-devel] Farewell GStreamer on Python 2, a push for Python 3 porting

2018-01-25 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi This seems important for the Sugar Labs strategy discussions that Sameer is reinvigorating. -- Forwarded message -- From: "James Cameron" Date: Jan 24, 2018 3:56 AM Subject: [Sugar-devel] Farewell GStreamer on Python 2, a push for Python 3 porting To:

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs - Goals for 2018 and beyond

2018-01-24 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi I agree with the general idea - this is going to only become more painful the longer it is left undone, and if not done, will mean the end of the python codebase. That might be acceptable, given the maturation of Sugarizer. Perhaps its worth having the Sugar core and toolkit part (vs the

Re: [IAEP] Sugarlabs - Goals

2018-01-24 Thread Dave Crossland
This is great! Thank you Sameer! I recently began updating the ideas I drafted a few years ago with Samson. Please let us know where to submit the ideas when you are ready :D On 11 January 2018 at 17:21, Sameer Verma wrote: > Greetings! > > Here is a proposal to solicit

Re: [Sugar-devel] Fwd: Introduction

2017-12-01 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi Yash :) A funny coincidence, another Yash Agrawal contributed to sugar in 2016 ( https://github.com/YashAgarwal :) On Dec 1, 2017 3:56 PM, "Yash Agrawal" wrote: Hello to all, I know it may be too early but I want to introduce myself anyways and maybe get some help in

Re: [IAEP] A pending donation to Sugar Labs

2017-09-25 Thread Dave Crossland
Awesome!! ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep

[IAEP] The Father Of Mobile Computing Is Not Impressed

2017-09-17 Thread Dave Crossland
https://www.fastcompany.com/40435064/what-alan-kay-thinks-about-the-iphone-and-technology-now ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep

Re: [IAEP] Interesting quote from Alan Kay '72 paper

2017-09-17 Thread Dave Crossland
Love it! Thanks for sharing On Sep 17, 2017 8:20 AM, "Sebastian Silva" wrote: > Hi, > > *"A combination of this "carry anywhere" device and a global information > utility such as the ARPA network or two-way cable TV, will bring the > libraries and schools (not to

Re: [ft-devel] Patent info for LCD subpixel filter

2017-09-02 Thread Dave Crossland
In the photocomp era, may different machines were developed that produced the same visual typography using different methods :) On 2 September 2017 at 19:30, Behdad Esfahbod wrote: > At least in the English that I learned, two things that are not the same > are different. So

Re: [Sugar-devel] Outreachy

2017-08-23 Thread Dave Crossland
I think supporting Outreachy, even at a small loss, is worthwhile On 23 August 2017 at 18:58, Walter Bender wrote: > I've been approached by Outreachy [1] regarding our potential > participation in the next round (this fall in the northern hemisphere). We > are just

Re: [ft-devel] Font Validator 2.1 binaries.

2017-08-16 Thread Dave Crossland
Congrats on getting this release out there :) On 15 August 2017 at 16:52, Hin-Tak Leung wrote: > Finally got round to build the binary - just get > FontVal-2.1.0-py-bin-net4.zip from > https://sourceforge.net/projects/hp-pxl-jetready/files/Microsoft%20Font% >

Re: [Fonc] fonc mailing list - retiring

2017-07-24 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi On 24 July 2017 at 20:04, Kenny Friedman wrote: > > Even with the low volume output, the occasional postings (and people on > this list) can still be a valuable resource. > > If people are willing, I will happily host this mailing list at MIT (email > is free, and will last...

Re: [ft-devel] Fwd: Re: [googlefonts-discuss] Re: Variable Fonts support in Inkscape

2017-06-14 Thread Dave Crossland
On Jun 14, 2017 1:59 AM, "Werner LEMBERG" wrote: Felipe, > (I really miss a Freetype method to alter a single design-space > coordinate, instead of having to pass the full array, by the way) what API do you suggest? Given that normally an application wants to control *all*

Re: [ft-devel] goodbye and thank you

2017-05-24 Thread Dave Crossland
Thanks for the kind note Graham! I love these bits of history :)) On May 24, 2017 6:33 AM, "Graham Asher" wrote: > I'm now leaving the FreeType development mailing list. My product, > CartoType, still relies on FreeType for its typography and will always do > so, but

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] (Goals and Mission) with Microsoft in it?

2017-05-12 Thread Dave Crossland
in GSoC which must > ease activities management, for both image builders and developers. I will > be helping on that. > > On May 12, 2017 1:25 PM, "Dave Crossland" <d...@lab6.com> wrote: > >> Do those xo run the latest release? >> >> On May 12, 201

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] (Goals and Mission) with Microsoft in it?

2017-05-12 Thread Dave Crossland
in GSoC which must > ease activities management, for both image builders and developers. I will > be helping on that. > > On May 12, 2017 1:25 PM, "Dave Crossland" <d...@lab6.com> wrote: > >> Do those xo run the latest release? >> >> On May 12, 201

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] (Goals and Mission) with Microsoft in it?

2017-05-12 Thread Dave Crossland
nager if Sam P can't make it anymore. > > Certainly there are many things to improve, but we shall overcome. I don't > think solution is to discard all XOs schools have around here. > > Regards, > > Sam C. > > On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 12:04 PM, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] (Goals and Mission) with Microsoft in it?

2017-05-12 Thread Dave Crossland
nager if Sam P can't make it anymore. > > Certainly there are many things to improve, but we shall overcome. I don't > think solution is to discard all XOs schools have around here. > > Regards, > > Sam C. > > On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 12:04 PM, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] (Goals and Mission) with Microsoft in it?

2017-05-12 Thread Dave Crossland
It seems to me that the classic Sugar python codebase could be returned to Quozl / OLPC, and Sugar Labs could focus on the JS Sugarizer codebase. ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] (Goals and Mission) with Microsoft in it?

2017-05-12 Thread Dave Crossland
It seems to me that the classic Sugar python codebase could be returned to Quozl / OLPC, and Sugar Labs could focus on the JS Sugarizer codebase. ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel

Re: [IAEP] GSoC 2017 results for SugarLabs

2017-05-04 Thread Dave Crossland
Congrats!! :) Looking forward to Monday IRC meeting :) ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] GSoC 2017 results for SugarLabs

2017-05-04 Thread Dave Crossland
Congrats!! :) Looking forward to Monday IRC meeting :) ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Technical Service Request - Project: Sugar Network

2017-04-24 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi Laura I sympathize with your concern for active users. But my recommendation is to use this as motivation to shut down Sugar Network. In my opinion: Everything associated with the old Python codebase has entered terminal decline, is no longer sustainable, and should be archived and turned

Re: [Sugar-devel] [ASLO] Activities added to GithHub

2017-04-23 Thread Dave Crossland
On Apr 23, 2017 11:21 PM, "Tony Anderson" wrote: Hi James, Walter I reviewed the 71 activities for which I created a repository in github/sugarlabs Thank you Tony! Unless I hear to the contrary, I'll delete these duplicates. Sounds good to me My understanding from the

Re: [Sugar-devel] [ASLO] Activities added to GithHub

2017-04-23 Thread Dave Crossland
On Apr 23, 2017 7:08 PM, "James Cameron" wrote: We cannot host repositories on GitHub that don't have a license. That was true in the early days of github but it's no longer true. In fact it's a big problem, because a lot of stuff is posted on github without a libre license

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs Mission & The 6 lesson Schoolteacher

2017-04-23 Thread Dave Crossland
Which of Papert's is definitive? On Apr 23, 2017 10:54 PM, "Walter Bender" <walter.ben...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 10:51 PM, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On Apr 23, 2017 10:37 PM, "Walter Bende

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs Mission & The 6 lesson Schoolteacher

2017-04-23 Thread Dave Crossland
On Apr 23, 2017 10:37 PM, "Walter Bender" <walter.ben...@gmail.com> wrote: On Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 10:35 PM, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote: > Hi > > I watched some of Papert's lectures from the mid 90s on YouTube last > year... Is Mindstorms the definit

Re: [Sugar-devel] motion for a new mission statement

2017-04-23 Thread Dave Crossland
On Apr 21, 2017 9:06 PM, "Tony Anderson" wrote: How is this not redundant to the motion approved in January 2017? For me it's an obvious incremental improvement. You can call it redundant if you think it's adds zero new value, but I am skeptical of that.

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs Mission & The 6 lesson Schoolteacher

2017-04-23 Thread Dave Crossland
M, "Walter Bender" <walter.ben...@gmail.com> wrote: On Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 11:28 AM, Dave Crossland <d...@lab6.com> wrote: > Hi > > What motivates me to contribute to sugar labs is an intuition that it is a > reasonable response to the topics raised in the fol

Re: [Sugar-devel] Sugarizer flatpak package

2017-04-13 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi Great work :) On Apr 13, 2017 12:41 PM, "Manuel Quiñones" wrote: > Hi, > > I'm working on a flatpak package for Sugarizer. > > Flatpak http://flatpak.org/ is the new way to distribute applications > in GNU/Linux. Is great for many reasons. One reason is that the

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] 2017 Goals for Sugar Labs

2017-04-09 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi Thanks Walter. I'd like to better understand some additional context before diving in :) Does this mean Sameer you have stopped the project planning process you started, and we should not expect you to restart it again? Walter, are these the goals for this year, or are they your proposal for

Re: [IAEP] 2017 Goals for Sugar Labs

2017-04-09 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi Thanks Walter. I'd like to better understand some additional context before diving in :) Does this mean Sameer you have stopped the project planning process you started, and we should not expect you to restart it again? Walter, are these the goals for this year, or are they your proposal for

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Sugar on Surface Pro (Microsoft Partnership)

2017-04-02 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi I agree completely On Apr 2, 2017 7:52 PM, "Samuel Greenfeld" wrote: > But what is a more proper port to Windows going to give us beyond what > Lionel has already done by including Sugarizer in pretty much every major > app store (including Microsoft's and Apple's)? >

Re: [ft-devel] freetype-py python binding to FontVal's FreeType backend.

2017-03-29 Thread Dave Crossland
I love it On Mar 29, 2017 8:48 AM, "Hin-Tak Leung" wrote: > > On Wed, 29/3/17, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > > > Nice! This essentially makes a command line > version of FontVal, > right? > > > Yes, it is a

Re: [Sugar-devel] Sugarizer dev platform is now open

2017-03-22 Thread Dave Crossland
Would git submodules be too complex? ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel

Re: [IAEP] Sugarizer dev platform is now open

2017-03-20 Thread Dave Crossland
Love it! ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Sugarizer dev platform is now open

2017-03-20 Thread Dave Crossland
Love it! ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel

Re: [IAEP] OLPC-SF March meeting: Ethiopia

2017-03-11 Thread Dave Crossland
Will anyone run a Facebook live video of the presentation? :) On Mar 7, 2017 11:46 AM, "Aaron Borden" wrote: > Hello folks, > > OLPC San Francisco will be hosting our monthly meeting Saturday, > March 11th, from 10AM - 1PM at the downtown SFSU campus, 835 Market > Street, 6th

Re: [Grassroots-l] [IAEP] OLPC-SF March meeting: Ethiopia

2017-03-11 Thread Dave Crossland
Will anyone run a Facebook live video of the presentation? :) On Mar 7, 2017 11:46 AM, "Aaron Borden" wrote: > Hello folks, > > OLPC San Francisco will be hosting our monthly meeting Saturday, > March 11th, from 10AM - 1PM at the downtown SFSU campus, 835 Market > Street, 6th

Re: [Olpc-open] [IAEP] OLPC-SF March meeting: Ethiopia

2017-03-11 Thread Dave Crossland
Will anyone run a Facebook live video of the presentation? :) On Mar 7, 2017 11:46 AM, "Aaron Borden" wrote: > Hello folks, > > OLPC San Francisco will be hosting our monthly meeting Saturday, > March 11th, from 10AM - 1PM at the downtown SFSU campus, 835 Market > Street, 6th

Re: [IAEP] Resubmission of Proposed Project for Sugarizer1°

2017-03-09 Thread Dave Crossland
Great questions! Thank you Caryl :) ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep

Re: [IAEP] Resubmission of Proposed Project for Sugarizer1°

2017-03-02 Thread Dave Crossland
I encourage you to add this to the wiki so it can be revised collaboratively ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep

Re: [IAEP] [SLOB] meeting reminder

2017-03-02 Thread Dave Crossland
Sorry to say I'm on vacation tomorrow but I will check the logs :) ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep

Re: [Sugar-devel] [IAEP] [SLOB] meeting reminder

2017-03-02 Thread Dave Crossland
Sorry to say I'm on vacation tomorrow but I will check the logs :) ___ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs 2017 Budget

2017-03-01 Thread Dave Crossland
he Sugarizer activities are mostly > also available as Sugar web activities. We are using the Python Turtle > blocks. > > Tony > > > On 02/28/2017 02:29 PM, Dave Crossland wrote: > > > > On Feb 27, 2017 11:34 PM, "Tony Anderson" <tony_ander...@usa.net> wro

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs 2017 Budget

2017-02-28 Thread Dave Crossland
On Feb 27, 2017 11:34 PM, "Tony Anderson" wrote: For what it's worth, Sugar 0.110 (OLPC OS 13.2.8) has been installed on hundreds of XO laptops, all models in Rwanda. The codebase is reaching these classrooms. That is great to know!!! :) What xo models are those? Does

Re: [IAEP] Need photos!

2017-02-27 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi Caryl! Were you able to obtain more photos? :) On 21 February 2017 at 22:56, Caryl Bigenho wrote: > Hi Folks... > > > We will be having a booth at SCaLE next month featuring OLPC spin-offs > like Sugarizer, IIAB, and UnleashKids. If you are involved in any kind of >

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Network maintenance

2017-02-27 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi Was this resolved? On 21 February 2017 at 10:34, Laura Vargas wrote: > Hi all! > > Again we are having a spam attack that modifies the texts of one of the > contexts of the main visualization of the Sugar Network :( > > This problem was reported last year and resolved

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] GSoC

2017-02-27 Thread Dave Crossland
Congrats! ___ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep

Re: [Sugar-devel] [SLOBS] GSoC

2017-02-27 Thread Dave Crossland
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[IAEP] Mountain View school's "Teach to One" math learner software

2017-02-27 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi The Mountain View school district apparently budgeted $521,000 to implement and operate this new-fangled math program in two local schools (Graham and Crittenden Middle Schools). Had they adequately beta tested the program beforehand, the school district might have discovered that Teach to One

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs 2017 Budget

2017-02-27 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi On 26 February 2017 at 09:32, Samson Goddy wrote: > > At the last meeting, walter gave (Ignacio, Laura and me) tasks on how we can > attract funding to the Community, i came up with the idea of creating > awareness to the general public through SMM role. Which

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs 2017 Budget

2017-02-26 Thread Dave Crossland
Hi On 26 February 2017 at 11:44, Sebastian Silva wrote: > Hello all, > > On 25/02/17 20:33, Tymon Radzik wrote: > >> Sugar Labs is by its statement volunteer-driven project. We are volunteers. >> We work for the idea of the free and open software and not for own

Re: [IAEP] Sugar Labs 2017 Budget

2017-02-26 Thread Dave Crossland
On 26 February 2017 at 04:15, Chris Leonard wrote: > > To clarify, I had negotiated a contract with Sugar Labs / SFC for a > monthly stipend to support the Translation Manager position. I did > NOT submit a single invoice for that work (which I have been doing) > and

Re: [IAEP] [SLOBS] Sugar Labs 2017 Budget

2017-02-25 Thread Dave Crossland
On Feb 25, 2017 6:27 PM, "Walter Bender" <walter.ben...@gmail.com> wrote: On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 5:39 AM, Sam Parkinson <sam@sam.today> wrote: > On Sat, 2017-02-25 at 08:36 +0530, Dave Crossland wrote: > > Actually I am not convinced of this; I do not belie

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