[Olpc-open] Basic Maths?

[Tom Stewart]

I have found what I think is a likely email address for the original  
uploader, and have attempted to contact him.

Quoting Wade Brainerd <wadetb at gmail.com>:

> It would be great to get the original author to fix it and finish it up.
>
> Right now it's probably not worth the effort to fork it to gitorious,
> fix it, and post a new bundle.
>
> BTW, if you're interested in helping make Sugar, we have plenty of
> coders who would be happy to help you get started!
>
> Wade
>
> On Jan 23, 2009, at 12:12 PM, Tom Stewart <laptop at tastewar.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Wade. Though I am a programmer by trade, my familiarity   
>> with Sugar ends at the UI. Is this something you are capable of   
>> fixing, or should I attempt to inform the original uploader,   
>> Sulmanminhas?
>>
>> Quoting Wade Brainerd <wadetb at gmail.com>:
>>
>>> Quick update, it turns out the activity just has the old problem where it
>>> tries to load files without prepending the bundle path.
>>> It might be nice if Sugar would start activities in their bundle
>>> directories, I think it used to.
>>>
>>> -Wade
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 5:48 PM, Wade Brainerd <wadetb at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Tom,
>>>> There are a ton of activities out there like this one that were started at
>>>> some point and not finished, or else were finished but not kept up to date
>>>> as Sugar evolved.
>>>>
>>>> I downloaded this one and tried it out.  Assuming that it wouldn't work, I
>>>> downloaded the .xo file using wget, unzipped it using unzip, and then ran
>>>> 'python setup.py dev' in the BasicMaths.activity directory.  After
>>>> restarting Sugar I launched the activity and it came up just fine, but I
>>>> noticed the following problems:
>>>>
>>>> - MANIFEST file is totally wrong, contains an extra path.
>>>> - Icon doesn't follow Sugar icon conventions.
>>>> - The activity itself is extremely basic.  It consists of an equation
>>>> missing an operator, with some operator buttons to click on, and text
>>>> telling you whether you were correct or not.
>>>>
>>>> That said, it did work for me. It would be interesting to know   
>>>> what the Log
>>>> activity shows for it on your XO.  It would also be great to contact the
>>>> author and try to convince them to complete it.
>>>>
>>>> We recently started a SugarLabs ActivityTeam to try and catalog and
>>>> (eventually) fix these kinds of activities, and it would help us a lot if
>>>> you could document this and any other finds at:
>>>>
>>>> http://sugarlabs.org/go/ActivityTeam/ActivityStatus
>>>>
>>>> Also, there are a couple of Math-related Sugar activities in development
>>>> right now.  If you're interested in helping out with one, let me   
>>>> know and I
>>>> can point you in the right direction.
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Wade
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Tom Stewart <laptop at tastewar.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> There is a Basic Math Game activity listed on the Math portal page
>>>>> (http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Math), but when I download it to my XO, and
>>>>> attempt to Start it from the Journal, nothing appears to happen.
>>>>>
>>>>> Have others tried this activity? Should I expect it to work? If so,
>>>>> what can I do to troubleshoot?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> --Tom
>>>>>
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