[Olpc-open] Basic Maths?

[Wade Brainerd]

Excellent, thank you!  If he needs any help getting the activity fixed, he
is welcome to send a mail to sugar-devel at lists.laptop.org.
-Wade

On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 9:24 AM, Tom Stewart <laptop at tastewar.com> wrote:

> 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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