> Also, Sugar Labs ticket #1641 says that the Speak-12 you tested two > months ago on our ticket #9945 was since reverted, so presumably the > newer Speak-12 from 19th February is a different one.
What I have verified is that the latest Speak-12 bundle contains directory 'zeroinstall'. plus other directories whose names begin with '.0' or '0' or 'zero'. My impression was that the intent of including these functions in the bundle was to give the Activity the ability to "call home" (if needed, on launch). > Have you verified that the condition you reported persists? If the originator of a report were the only person who could close a report, then I would "track" the conditions I report, and would verify whether those conditions persisted or not. Let those who closed #9945 be responsible for whether the condition I described persists. Please note that when I wrote laptop.org ticket #9945, I did not call the condition a "defect" -- but rather a "task" to be evaluated (i.e., whether Activities which can "call home" OUGHT to be installed on XOs) The one time I ran the newer Speak-12 (it was not on 802B2), it did not "call home" - but I assumed that was because all the resources required by Speak-12 were available without a need to "call home". But not too long ago I tested a different recent Activity (whose bundle included 'zeroinstall', etc.) -- and that Activity *did * call home. I've come to believe that the latest 'zeroinstall' facility has a dual function -- if any prerequisites (for the Activity being launched) are missing in the operating system being run, there are *some* modules pre-packaged within that Activity's 'zeroinstall' facility, and can be installed without any need to "call home". The second function -- to "call home" for modules -- would be used only if the pre-packaged modules were inadequate. I do NOT know how an user might be able to determine (before launch) whether an activity version (that included 'zeroinstall') would/would_not need to do any downloading of additional files from a remote server. mikus p.s. I notice that today there is version Speak-13 available from ASLO. _______________________________________________ Testing mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/testing
