OLPC-Update + RPMs WAS:Re: OLPC XO Opera browser as Sugar activity

[Erik Garrison]

On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 07:10:23PM -0400, C. Scott Ananian wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 6:58 PM, Martin Langhoff
> <martin.langhoff at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 6:50 PM,  <david at lang.hm> wrote:
> >> how many different deployment builds do you think are being supported at
> >> this time? I think it's still in the single digits.
> >
> > I expect this to change quite drastically soon.
> 
> Let's not get ahead of ourselves.  Someday we may be able to support
> lots of different configurations.  Today, we will only be successful
> if we can limit the number of configurations in the field to a
> testable number (and then test them!).
> 

In your opinion what is a 'testable number'?

> That's the whole point of the core OS / activities split.  Do whatever
> you like on the activities side, because that's your primary value-add
> (you == countries).  We can also technically ensure that one bad
> activity won't spoil the whole bunch.  We will in turn provide you
> with a core OS which is as stable and functional as we know how.

There is another primary value-add, which is a different operating
system or window manager.  To enable this value-add we could be
distributing a minimal image for each of the popular linuxes and then
distributing packages to install sugar, activites, other window
managers, etc.  Such packaging would be most useful to deployments
engaged in customization.

We already know that countries want to be able to run more traditional
desktop environments.

Erik