Thanks. Are you using 13.2.8? The Fedora repositories for Fedora 18 moved, and this was fixed in 13.2.8, see here;
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_notes/13.2.7#Fedora_Repositories_Missing If you are using 13.2.7 or earlier, please use the workaround on that page. I've just tested "sudo yum install vlc" on XO-1.5 with 13.2.8 and no problem seen, just "No package vlc available.", so I'm not sure how your system is configured; if the above workaround does not fix, please show me your changed yum.repos.d files. On Sat, May 13, 2017 at 08:48:54PM +0100, Chihurumnaya Ibiam wrote: > Hey James, since you're still maintaining fedora18, "sudo yum vlc" - any > activity- returns this error "Error cannot retrieve metalink for repository > fedora18/i386" , editing the *fedora.repo files in /etc/yum.repos.d/ and > changing > all "https" to "http" solves the problem. > > Ibiam Chihurumnaya > > On Sat, May 13, 2017 at 1:58 AM, James Cameron <[1]qu...@laptop.org> wrote: > > Composite reply to several posts, in context, see below; > > Samson wrote: > > I think we should really join the trend so that we can get more > > people using Sugar for Learning. So what are your thought on this > > development? > > I don't think it will work, as we don't have developers interested in > it. If you're interested in it and are happy to commit fully without > relying on others, go for it. But don't expect other resources to get > involved; as the argument from numbers is not compelling enough. > > There are more learning tools available for Windows. > > But the numbers are not the only reason why our customers choose > Linux. > > Sebastian wrote: > > Sugar barely runs [...] > > Yes, you're right. > > > committed releasing Sugar every six months [...] we have no release > > schedule. > > Yes, you're right. > > A new release of Sugar with the bug fixes since 0.110 would help solve > the "barely runs" problem. > > (also a release of the critical activities, not just the core; > newcomers to our community should note the term Sucrose has been in > our Taxonomy for many years, see the Wiki if you don't know what it > means.) > > [2]https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Taxonomy > [3]https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Glossary > > > I don't see Sugar Labs organization as capable of strategically > > funding Sugar development in any direction. Of course, volunteers > > can work in whatever they like, if it fits their principles. > > I agree, and that's the basis of my engagement; subject to also > stabilising Sugar for OLPC OS on Fedora 18 and Ubuntu 16.04 for > delivery to OLPC customers; as a custom system with all obvious (to > me) bugs fixed. > > Sugar Labs is heavily benefiting from my work for OLPC, and OLPC is > benefiting from other volunteers at Sugar Labs. > > Dave wrote: > > codebase could be returned to OLPC > > No thanks. Where would the Sugar Labs volunteers go who are focused > on this codebase? > > OLPC already maintains a fork with the fixes, and the changes that > Sugar Labs has not accepted. All fixes have been pushed back to Sugar > Labs, but there has been no release, hence the exceedingly low quality > of the Fedora, Debian and Ubuntu experience at the moment. > > OLPC fork version numbers are like 0.110.0.olpc.12 > > > Sugar Labs could focus on the JS Sugarizer codebase. > > Sugarizer isn't integrated into Sugar Labs; the repositories are > split, cooperation is minimal, and the code for activities isn't > portable to execution environments other than Sugarizer; such as > sugar-web-activity. > > So I'm certainly not inclined to support any activity development on > Sugarizer; because that development won't pay back for OLPC. > > I'm probably going to have to port the Moon activity from GTK+ 2 to > GTK+ 3 unless someone can make the JavaScript version work on desktop. > ;-) I did get half way through. > > Zeeshan Khan also has the task for GsoC, so we might do it together. > > I'd like to hear from Ignacio, Sam Parkinson and Abhijit what they > think of the port of Moon vs the JavaScript port; it may be simpler to > port the JavaScript version back to Sugar. > > Samuel Cantero wrote: > > We should work to find out a new release manager [...] > > Ignacio is the release manager at the moment, but my guess is that > he'd welcome someone else taking the job. Hopefully he'll speak up. > > Dave wrote: > > Do those xo run the latest release? > > For mass deployment in Paraguay, they can run Sugar 0.110 plus all bug > fixes from OLPC by using our 13.2.8 as-is or by using it as basis of > custom build. > > For individuals in Paraguay, they might run "yum update" to get Sugar > 0.110 plus fixes, unless there's some problem with clock, proxy, or > yum.repos.d induced by environment of my bugs. > > Samuel Cantero wrote: > > we're going to try to build a new ASLO in GSoC which must ease > > activities management, for both image builders and developers. > > Please also consider Sugar Network, which Sebastian knows about, and > is used heavily, judging by the hit counts on the Sugar Labs servers. > Laura recently asked asking Sugar Labs for assistance with Sugar > Network and bringing a new deployment onto it may be helpful. > > German wrote: > > At Dominican Republic, ~750 XO are running latest version of Sugar. > > Good to get such positive feedback! ;-) > > -- > James Cameron > [4]http://quozl.netrek.org/ > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [5]i...@lists.sugarlabs.org > [6]http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > > References: > > [1] mailto:qu...@laptop.org > [2] https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Taxonomy > [3] https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Glossary > [4] http://quozl.netrek.org/ > [5] mailto:i...@lists.sugarlabs.org > [6] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep -- James Cameron http://quozl.netrek.org/ _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel