On 06/14/2010 11:02 AM, Tomeu Vizoso wrote: > On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 23:51, Bernie Innocenti<ber...@codewiz.org> wrote: >> El Sun, 13-06-2010 a las 20:55 +0100, Gary C Martin escribió: >>> OK, not strictly a patch but attached is an updated version of >>> the currently malformed svg module-updater icon that's not >>> drawing correctly in F13. Not sure who this needs to get to >> >>> (could only find it in Bernie's old depreciated software >>> update git rep). It should live in the filesystem at: >>> >>> /usr/share/sugar/data/icons/module-updater.svg >> >> There are two updaters: the old one written by C.Scott, which is the one >> in my obsolete repo and Fedora packages, and a new one written from >> scratch by DFarning for ASLO, which lives in the sugar repository. >> >> For the F11-0.88, we have a dilemma: the new updater is missing some >> crucial features that deployments were relying upon. >> >> Daniel Drake and I discussed possible solutions when he visited >> Paraguay. There are two equally acceptable possibilities: >> >> 1) is adding the missing features to the new codebase, which shouldn't >> be too hard but needs someone to do it by mid-July maximum. Anyone >> available? >> >> 2) The other possibility is adding the OLPC microformat support to ASLO >> and reverting to the old updater, which would mean less developer time >> but reintroduces the dependency on bitfrost which we'd rather keep away >> from the Sugar codebase. >> >> Or even a combination of the two. The new query protocol is very slow, >> so we might want to teach ASLO about the microformat anyway. When I >> checked the php code with Daniel, it seemed very easy to do. >> >> Alsroot and I discussed the possibility to add .xol support to ASLO. >> While we agree that ASLO isn't a very good fit for static content, we're >> going to support .xol for the utilitarian purpose of making the updater >> work in F11-0.88. > > Wish I had time to help with that, but I wanted to mention that I > greatly admire the work you have been doing since you arrived in > Paraguay. > > I specially value your understanding of what is required in the field > to make Sugar fulfill its mission and wish people like you had more > voice in SLs as opposed to "visionaries". > > Regards, > > Tomeu
I want to second that! Thanks Bernie for your great work in Paraguay. And I am convinced that this is the sustainable way to move forward. To me, my experiences in the field helped a lot to understand what is needed. Regards, Simon _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel