On 13 Jul 2010, at 09:13, "pbrobin...@gmail.com" <pbrobin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 12:20 AM, Gary Martin > <garycmar...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> Hi Peter, >> >> On 12 Jul 2010, at 22:16, pbrobin...@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> Hi SoaS people, >>> >>> So the current Sugar Activity list for SoaS-4 stands as follows with >>> the justifications as to why they're included. >>> >>> The basic idea is to include the core Sucrose/Fructose Activity list >>> (as long as they are actively maintained and work) and then a small >>> selection of Activities that are well supported and demonstrate the >>> features of the Sugar Learning platform such as the collaboration side >>> of it to contribute towards the K-6 side of SoaS's targets. >>> >>> So the core sugar Fructose activities [1] list is: >>> Browse >>> Chat >>> EToys >>> Log >>> Pippy >>> Read >>> Terminal >>> TurtleArt >>> Write >>> >>> These ones are also on the Fructose list but I'm not sure of their >>> status so we need to be convinced of their status: >>> Calculate >> >> FWIW Calculate is now next on my it list, the version in git is as yet >> unreleased, it was updated with new toolbar support for 0.86 and a bunch of >> fixes but the release was overlooked. Want to give it another testing pass >> here, and will see if there are some low hanging bug fixes I could make from >> trac. > > Excuse my ignorance but what list? The list in my head, and my notes, as a SL volunteer trying to pick low hanging fruit :) > I also don't currently see it on > the list of packages available in F-13 (didn't check as far as the > packages in Review though). > >>> Image/ImageViewer >>> Jukebox >>> >>> To the Fructose list we're adding: >>> Physics - Because this is a great demo example (quick demo). >>> Record - Because its useful and kids tend to like recording/photoing stuff. >>> xoirc - Because this helps us help them. >> >> Just called IRC these days. >> >>> paint - K-6 and enjoyed by kids >>> memorize - K-6 and enjoyed by kids >>> speak - Good for voice demos >>> >>> So the current planned inclusion list is as follows: >>> Browse >>> Chat >>> EToys >>> Log >>> Pippy >>> Read >>> Terminal >>> TurtleArt >>> Write >>> Physics >>> Record >>> xoirc >>> paint >>> memorize >>> speak >>> >>> That currently gives us a list of 15 Activities. Its obviously not the >>> final list and I look forward to suggestions. Its not guaranteed the >>> above list remain the same. For example Read still does not work. And >>> we're not aiming to get to the same level of previous releases, its >>> currently not maintainable with the current SoaS resources. >>> >>> Things to note are that the Activities need to be working, well >>> maintained, packaged in Fedora to be considered. To be in Fedora they >>> can't contain any binary blobs (if they have code that needs to be >>> compiled, that's fine but it must be done as per Fedora packaging >>> guidelines). >> >> Hmm, Physics has always had a binary blob in it (_Box2D.so in a Python >> .egg), the packaging dance is an alien to me so perhaps Sebastian did some >> magic there (FWIW Physics is up to version 5 with new toolbar support, grab >> tool works while simulation is paused, code clean-up, and latest >> translations). > > I'll double check it with sebastian but there's a pybox2d in Fedora > that is maintained by Sebastian so I suspect we're OK in that case. > >> I can email someone the Physics-5.tar.bz2 if needed? Folks don't seem to >> want these files on the wiki, and individual shell accounts for access is a >> real pain, if that's the only thing you ever use the account for – I gave up >> uploading last year, and I'm sure Bernie has better things to spend his time >> on :) > > I would prefer it on a web space somewhere, do you have a people.sl.org > account? That's the one I gave up using last year. Only ever needed it to scp up activity source files using my ssh key a hand full of times a year. Regards, --Gary > >> Regards, >> --Gary >> >>> Regards. >>> Peter >>> >>> Note, please forward this if you think its important to other lists >>> but the discussion will happen on the SoaS list. >>> >>> [1] http://download.sugarlabs.org/sources/sucrose/fructose/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> SoaS mailing list >>> SoaS@lists.sugarlabs.org >>> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas >> >> _______________________________________________ >> SoaS mailing list >> SoaS@lists.sugarlabs.org >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas >> > _______________________________________________ > SoaS mailing list > SoaS@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas _______________________________________________ SoaS mailing list SoaS@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas
