[Olpc-open] Basic Maths?

[Samuel Klein]

And please add the original dev contact info into the .info metadata
and project page as appropriate...

On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 11:27 AM, Wade Brainerd <wadetb at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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