G1G1 Pre-installed Activities Request for Help Testing

[jean piche]

On 08-09-19, at 18:27, Greg Smith wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Thanks a lot for the input on which activities to ship!
>
> Here is the list of activities I will to management as my suggestion  
> on what we ship.
>
> Please help test these! See the end of the e-mail for instructions.
>
> The list I recommend is essentially the G1G1 activities (kudos to  
> the team who chose the first set!). In addition to those I list a  
> few which got repeated votes (except Chess and Sudoku which are a  
> concession to SJ ;-)
>
> Original G1G1 activities:
> Browse 	
> Read
> Write
> Paint
> Record
> TamTam Jam, Mini, on fence: Synthlab,  Edit,
> Chat
> Pippy
> Etoys
> Turtle Art
> Calculate
> Measure
> Distance
> Memorize
> Terminal
> Log
> Analyze
>
> New ones:
> Help
> Implode
> Speak
> Maze
> SimCity
> Scratch
> Xaos
> StarChart
> Moon
> GCompris Chess
> GCompris Sudoku
>
> The only significant change from the original G1G1 set is the  
> TamTam. I think we should include 2 not 4 so as not to over weight  
> them against other activities.
>
> Let me know if anyone has comments on that (Jean can you live with  
> that?).

Yes. However,  I think Mini and Edit would be my picks. Your call.

>
>
> Not all of these are sure to make it. On the other hand it's very  
> unlikely that anything else will make it. So if you have an urgent  
> request or a specific concern please speak up now.
>
> Of course, anyone can download additional activities so even if an  
> activity is not on this list, it still attracts a lot of users.
>
> We need help testing these with the latest 8.2 image. We plan to  
> make a release candidate today and if it passes smoke test we will  
> add the activities and content to create a signed release candidate  
> on Monday!
>
> Developers,
>
> Please reply with the final version and URL of each activity which  
> we should include in the image. Each one must pass final test and  
> have an active and reachable developer to make the final list.
>
> Morgan,
>
> can you make sure we have a contact e-mail and name on each of  
> these? Also, let me know if you any of them are orphaned or not well  
> maintained.
>
> All,
>
> Please test them all one more time let us know how it goes.
>
> I want to know if each of these passes the tests described here:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Test_cases_8.2.0#Activities
>
> Please create a new test case for any activity that needs one.
>
> To do that, go to this page: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Form:Test_case
> and entering Tests/Activities/nameofactivity to create a new test  
> case. Then choose activity from the drop down and you can just paste  
> in the steps test from above for a start.
>
> Then you can add a test result by clicking on the "+" sign next to  
> the test case (it takes a little while for them to show up after  
> creation).
>
> You can also e-mail comments or test results back to this list.
>
> Thanks a lot for your help.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Greg S
>
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