Another pass through some basic Activity test results
Gary C Martin
gary at garycmartin.com
Thu Sep 25 18:10:14 EDT 2008
Here's a set of basic Activity test results for build 8.2-763, hope
the ASCI art doesn't get too mangled by the list server (need to view
with a fixed width font). The Activities are in no specific order, and
sorry if I missed out yours, but I wanted to post today incase it
helps with looming/ongoing release decisions.
I do want to note something I think is new in 8.2-763 since my
previous tests, 5 times during the run through below the XO became
extremely sluggish, initially I just thought it was the poorly
performing Activity, but checking top in 4 cases I could the sugar
shell process eating 30-50% of CPU but apparently doing nothing (was
not connected to a jabber server), and in the other case I had 2
rainbow processes eating up 45% cpu each (though the Sugar UI showed
no Activity instances were running). I am now retesting to try and
catch the bad behaviour as it happens. Just wanted to warn testers to
keep an eye on top, if things feel slow, you might have a hung-up
process burning cycles and need to ctrl-alt-escape.
build 8.2-763 Activity name
| Could start
. = success | | Could stop (all must work ctrl-q alt-esc, toolbar,
Frame)
- = N/A | | | Sound
x = fail | | | | Journal entry
? = unknown | | | | | Useful resume
* = see note | | | | | | Picks-up Journal entry name change while
active
| | | | | | | Names Frame palette to match the
resumed title
| | | | | | | | License entry in activity.info
| | | | | | | | | Using bundle_id in activity.info
| | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Browse-98 . . . . . x x . x
Words-3 . . . . x x . x . Could keep a history of words
searched for
Chat-47 . . - . . x x . . Some subtle sound for arival and
departure
would be very useful.
Firefox-6 . . - x x x x x x Sugar icon times out, left with
grey circle
in the Frame activity instance
area.
Log-14 . . - . x x x . x
Scratch-11 . . . x x x x * x Missing bundle_id, and
license .info entry
is some text that points to some
URL.
Bounce-6 . . * . . x x x * No sound, not sure if that's a
bug or is as
intended. Incorrect bundle_id
string.
Bridge-2 . . x . x x x . .
Moon-6 . . - . . x x . .
News Reader-24 . . - . x x . x x Feeds not remembered between
sessions.
Record-58 . . . . . x . . x
Implode-5 . . - . . x . . x
EToys-94 . . . . . . x . x Frame palette name is a rather
unfriendly
string "/usr/share/etoys/
etoys.image".
Colors!-4 . x - . . x x x x Needs to resume showing painting
end state,
not blank page at time zero.
Toolbar stop
and ctrl-q fail to stop activity,
only
alt-esc and Frame instance
palette work.
Speak-9 . . . . . x x . .
Paint-23 . . - . . x . . x Some other tools could use cursor
event fix.
PlayGo-4 . . - . . x . . x Would be good if gnugo was
included in .xo
x2o-5 . . - . . x x x x Main activity tool bar too full,
keep and
stop icons end up in a hidden
mini menu.
Read-52 . . - . . x . . x Should default to setting input
focus on the
document, not in the toolbar.
Geoquiz-3 . . - . x x x x x Would be nice if you could resume
from where
you last left off. Needs a
winning screen
with best times (auto quits
currently).
TurtleArt-10 . . - . . x . . x
Memorize-28 . . . . * x . . x Game state is not saved to
Journal, but can
create custom tile sets and save
separately
to Journal.
Xo IRC-4 . . - . x x x x x Perhaps remember open room tabs
in Journal
state, nickname and IRC logs as
well?
Analyze-5 . . - . x x x x x
StarChart-4 . . - . . x x x x
Model-8 . . - . * x . x . Stores incomplete diagram state
to Journal.
Terminal-18 . . - . x x x . x
TamTamSynthLab-51 . . . . . x x . .
TamTamMini-49 . . . . x x x . . Resuming does not restore the
setting you
were using during the previous
session.
TamTamJam-51 . . . . . x x . .
TamTamEdit-50 . . . . . x . . .
Pippy-27 . . . . . X . . . Easy to accidently wipe all your
code by
clicking on example code, no
warning given.
Measure-20 . . - . x x x . x Doesn't sleep when Activity is in
the
background (eats 75% cpu). Can't
seem to
record anything. Keep error when
closing.
Write-60 . . - . . x . . x
Distance-14 . . ? . ? x . . x Could not fully test with a singe
XO
Calculate-24 . . - . . x . . .
Physics-1 . x - . x x x x x Physics constructions not saved.
Maze-6 . . - . x x x . . Nice if maze could be resumed and
complexity level stick. Perhaps
show 'best
time for this level' across
games? Can't
edit Activity name.
Kuku Anakula-1 x ? ? ? ? ? ? x x Broken, using old PyGame API
Ruler-3 . . - . x x . . x First screen looks half broken to
me, one
good ruler, then some random bits
below.
Help-8 . . - . x x . . x Should remember last help page on
resume.
StopWatch-1 . . - . . x . x x
Jump-1 . . ? . x x x x x Can't edit Activity name. Game
state not
saved to Journal.
License-4 . . - . x x x x x Buggy still. Forces you through
comic each
time you access it to check a
license.
Develope-35 . . - x x x x x . Tried to create a new Activity
couldn't do
much at all other than click
through a few
dialogues, and get 'Keep errors'.
Tried
to Open but couldn't view or edit
any files.
Locks up each time after 2nd use,
requiring
an alt-ctrl-delete to restart
Sugar.
X-1 * * ? x x x x x . Fails to start again if you
exited the last
session with Sugar (alt-esc or
Frame stop).
ucblogo-4 . . - x x x x x x Can save and load new words you
create but
not part of Journal UI yet.
Frotz-3 . . - . x x x . . Can save/restore in game but not
part of
Journal UI.
--Gary
P.S. I love the irony that the CC License Activity is missing a valid
licence entry in activity.info ;-b
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