<div dir="ltr">On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 3:55 PM, Morgan Collett <<a href="mailto:morgan@laptop.org" target="_blank">morgan@laptop.org</a>> wrote:<br>> Hi Erik<br>><br>> I'm reaching out to Sugar (OLPC) activity authors and maintainers to<br>
> find out where things are at, and to try and improve communication in<br>> the development community. We have some information to get out such as<br>> API changes, ways to publish activities, etc and I'm trying to find<br>
> the best ways of getting information out to those who are interested.<br>><br>> This is a personal mail, not autogenerated but I am sending a lot of<br>> these out so please forgive some copy/pasting and generic<br>
> information...<br>><br>> I would appreciate your answers to the following:<br>><br>> * Are you the best contact for record? (I know Daniel Drake's been<br>> working on it lately.)<br>> - Are there any other developers / maintainers I should also contact?<br>
<br>While we have not been actively working on Record lately, we
should be kept in the loop as we've a good sense as to why many things
are built as they are. Our alias, <a href="mailto:olpc-dev@mediamods.com" target="_blank">olpc-dev@mediamods.com</a>, is a good contact.<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>
<br><br>> * To which of the following mailing lists are you currently<br>> subscribed, if any? (I'd prefer to avoid cross-posting technical info<br>> to all lists, and some developers may no longer be on any of them...)<br>
> - <a href="mailto:devel@lists.laptop.org" target="_blank">devel@lists.laptop.org</a><br>> - <a href="mailto:sugar@lists.laptop.org" target="_blank">sugar@lists.laptop.org</a><br>> - <a href="mailto:community-news@lists.laptop.org" target="_blank">community-news@lists.laptop.org</a><br>
> - <a href="mailto:community-news@lists.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">community-news@lists.sugarlabs.org</a><br>> - <a href="mailto:education@lists.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">education@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> (formerly<br>
> <a href="mailto:its.an.education.project@tema.lo-res.org" target="_blank">its.an.education.project@tema.lo-res.org</a>)<br>
> - any other olpc or Sugar related lists?<br><br></div>Yes, and yes, and yes, and yes.<div class="Ih2E3d"><br><br>> * Are you aware of Sugar's new home at <a href="http://sugarlabs.org/" target="_blank">http://sugarlabs.org</a> as an<br>
> upstream project?<br>
<br></div>Yes, we've read about this plan.<div class="Ih2E3d"><br><br>> * Are you aware that OLPC builds no longer contain any activities, but<br>> do now have an easy way to install and update activities through the<br>
> control panel, provided you follow certain procedures in publishing<br>
> releases?<br><br></div>Yes.<div class="Ih2E3d"><br><br>> * Are you still maintaining your activity actively, occasionally, or not at all?<br><br></div>Occasionally.<div class="Ih2E3d"><br><br>> * If you are able to maintain it actively, we invite you to propose<br>
> your activity to be part of Fructose (see<br>> <a href="http://sugarlabs.org/go/Taxonomy" target="_blank">http://sugarlabs.org/go/Taxonomy</a>) and following the SugarLabs sucrose<br>> release cycle: <a href="http://sugarlabs.org/go/ReleaseTeam#New_activities" target="_blank">http://sugarlabs.org/go/ReleaseTeam#New_activities</a><br>
><br>> * If not, would you actively publish new releases if others sent you<br>> patches, or would you prefer that someone else adopted maintaining it?<br>> (And why are you no longer maintaining it?)<br><br>
</div>For now, it might be best if someone else maintained this project day-to-day. <br>
We have plans for enhancements in the future we will contribute.<div class="Ih2E3d"><br><br>> * What was the most recent OLPC build you tested your activity on?<br>> - older than 650 ("Update.1")<br>> - 650-656<br>
> - 703 ("Update 1.1", or release 8.1.0)<br>
> - 708 (release 8.1.1)<br>> - joyride 1xxx<br>> - joyride 2xxx (specify if possible?)<br><br></div>All of these.<div class="Ih2E3d"><br><br>> * In what ways do you need assistance with continued<br>> development/maintenance of your activity?<br>
<br></div>Platform stability :-)<div class="Ih2E3d"><br><br>> * How could we improve communication with activity authors?<br><br></div>I think you are doing a good job.</div>