Re: [Sugar-devel] Git Backend Architecture | GSoC'15

2015-03-21 Thread Tony Anderson
Hi, One note of caution. Currently when a Sugar activity resumes from a Journal object, the activity operates on that object. Therefore, the source version is destroyed. I think this is not a feature - the activity should clone the object and give the user the opportunity to rename to save a

Re: [Sugar-devel] GSoC projects

2015-03-21 Thread Sean DALY
Yes, of course, which is why my idea was to get assistance. To be clear, I'm in favor of whatever solution could ease installation. Choosing a keyboard layout from scratch can be quite tricky for the uninitiated, the Virtualbox list is long with many variants (

Re: [Sugar-devel] GSoC projects

2015-03-21 Thread Iain Brown Douglas
Hi Sean, Is it a thing that you would contemplate now, to approach Oracle (for corporate sponsorship, perhaps) but in particular about what support they would offer Sugarlabs towards our targets? Would there be a view against this idea? Regards, Iain On Sat, 2015-03-21 at 11:37 +0100, Sean

Re: [Sugar-devel] GSoC projects

2015-03-21 Thread Sean DALY
I'm certainly willing to try again. However the community (starting with the Oversight Board) needs to support the initiative - technical work is involved on our side even with a partner, including work I probably don't even know about. And SL's immediate focus is on mentoring GSoC projects. I