[olpc-nz] Fwd: [OLPC-AU] New XO-1.5 image for testing

[Tabitha Roder]

Sorry Tim, but I disagree with you and I chose not to write that last email
on a public list for a reason. Now it is in public I will explain. Please
remember that emails lack the emotion that people feel and can easily be
misinterpreted - I will assume you did not mean the tone that I read in your
email.

The testing mailing list is EXACTLY where ALL test requests should be
discussed - that is the purpose in having the testing mailing list. I have
just met around 125 people and can confirm that loads of these people follow
the testing mailing list and learn from what is posted there, there were
huge numbers of thank you's expressed because of what is written on that
mailing list. http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_New_Zealand/Test_Requests is a
New Zealand wiki page, not a global page that all of olpc and Sugarlabs
looks at. We are perfectly capable of adding things to our wiki page for us
to manage our own tests but I am not comfortable with us asking thousands of
volunteers to use this wiki page which is for our own management.

I think the years of effort and commitment I have put into olpc and
Sugarlabs doesn't make me a likely candidate for undermining anything but I
am a realistic and know the reality is that if we want to interact with
developers we go to them, and if we want to interact with deployments we go
to them, not the other way around. We are all busy and we do need a system
that works, but we are not there yet, which means we do what is required to
ensure we meet the global community needs.

We can discuss this further and should, with the benefits of children who
use Sugar as our central focus point.

Tabitha





On 26 October 2010 11:39, Tim McNamara <mcnamara.tim at gmail.com> wrote:

> STRONG -1
>
> This completely undermines the system Tabitha - if you object to its use,
> then use a public forum to gain consensus!.
>
> On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 4:01 AM, Tabitha Roder <tabitha at tabitha.net.nz>wrote:
>
>> I spoke with Jerry about his test requests and asked him to in future
>> email them to testing mailing list and olpc-nz mailing list. That way we
>> know when he has a new test request and it also lets the rest of the planet
>> know (which keeps everyone informed and gives the opportunity to learn and
>> share knowledge together).
>>
>> Tabitha
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 26 October 2010 02:48, Tim McNamara <mcnamara.tim at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Sridhar,
>>>
>>> Sounds good. Would you please be able to add details in our test request
>>> page[1]? The main question is whether you you have any test cases that you
>>> would like covered, or just general testing.
>>>
>>>
>>> Tim
>>>
>>> [1] http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_New_Zealand/Test_Requests
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 7:57 PM, Sridhar Dhanapalan <
>>> sridhar at laptop.org.au> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey guys,
>>>>
>>>> Would anyone be interested in testing OLPC Australia's latest build?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Sridhar
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>> From: Jerry Vonau <jvonau at shaw.ca>
>>>> Date: 22 October 2010 10:39
>>>> Subject: [OLPC-AU] New XO-1.5 image for testing
>>>> To: OLPC Australia list <olpc-au at lists.laptop.org>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi All:
>>>>
>>>> The latest testing image is at:
>>>>
>>>> http://download.laptop.org.au/XO/F11/10.1.2/testing.363/
>>>>
>>>> Changes since 361:
>>>>
>>>> -olpc-powerd-29-1
>>>> -firmware bumped to q3a50
>>>> -added backup-4.xo
>>>> -added restore-3.xo
>>>> -switched to using Adobe's flash rpm offline, as per agreement.
>>>> -added Adobe's copyright credit to "about my computer"
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for testing,
>>>>
>>>> Jerry
>>>>
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