[sugar] State of 8.2.0, July 29, 2008
Michael Stone
michael at laptop.org
Tue Jul 29 21:34:55 EDT 2008
Note: I took a quick pass over the current blocks:8.2.0 tickets. I have not
revisited the other tickets since last week. Finally, if you're working on
tickets on this list, please ensure that they are fully updated BEFORE
tomorrow's status meeting. In particular, feel free to fold comments from this
report into your tickets.
Thanks,
Michael
Status Key:
??? - status or author unknown
TST - needs to be tested in a build
BLD - needs to be put into a build
PKG - pkg needs to be built
DBG - debugging/diagnosis still needed
DSN - design needed
STK - stuck; a decision is needed about how to proceed
SGN - a signoff is needed
ESC - canceled or siginificantly reduced in priority
FIN - successfully finished
MSG - communication needed
ROT - solution has bitrotted
OWN - owner needed
REV - progressing through code review
COD - simple matter of coding
QA - qa signoff needed
!!!!!!!!!!!!!! brackets mean that a ticket deserves special attention.
=== Current blockers
???? DBG ??? Qualify or disqualify 8.1.0 or 8.1.1 for various locales.
\ ar_IQ (Iraqi Arabic)
\ ar_LB (Lebanese Arabic)
\ fa_AF [prs_AF] (Afghani Dari).
\ see http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Mstone/Notes/Localization_1
7600 PKG tomeu Palettes in Journal give false information
\ Tomeu: please explain why this is a release blocker.
7628 ??? uwog Include Write-55 in 8.2.
\ Scott: please explain why this is a release blocker.
7616 FIN ??? Bindings for special keys are missing.
\ Reported fixed in joyride-2207.
7125 ??? cscott Boot fails when disk is full
\ Lots of packages landed. Where are we?
\ 317 joyride-2208:?
\ 5317 ???
\ 6442 ???
\ 7586 joyride-2208:?
\ 7587 PKG marco
\ 7588 COD erikos (also needs string freeze exception.)
\ 7589 DSN eben.
\ 7590 ??? tomeu
\ 7591 COD cjb
6136 PKG erikos No feedback from 'register' request
7426 DSN tomeu Xapian Index Flag Day
\ cjb thinks we should downgrade Xapian and avoid the flag day.
\ cscott thinks *if* we can do something that makes our life easier
\ in 9.1 we could ship the old Xapian for 8.2
\ "we'll need to update someday, it might be worth our time trying
\ to figure out how to do it right"
\ (these two plans are compatible, of course)
\ how we are going to deal with this issue in the future:
\ DS possibilities http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/sugar/2008-April/005186.html
\ Maintain a metadata copy outside the index http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-May/014492.html
\ very simple datastore reimplementation http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-May/013716.html
\ has been discussed in several tickets, as well.
7566 PKG marco Sugar-shell enters an infinite loop after a failed shutdown
\ marco hasn't gotten to it yet because of UY browser bugs.
\ he hopes to get to it tomorrow.
7071 QA joe Activities cannot be deleted via GUI
7444 QA joe Cannot close a shared activity when the initiator has disconnected
\ waiting for QA. Greg will investigate.
7523 FIN dsd Library index regeneration fails due to no XDG_DATA_DIRS
7532 FIN dsd Can't access installed content bundles
\ both tickets joyride-2201:+ by dsd
7477 FIN sayamindu ISO_Next_Group key doesn't work
\ reported joyride-2214:+ by sayamindu
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
7269 DBG sayamindu Dari laptops don't use Dari characters
\ Do we need to make an SKU with correct mfg data?
\ https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=455636
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
7457 ??? Collabora Laptops unable to see each other in Joyride
\ expected, given #7319 above.
\ needs to be retested given that 7319 is believed to be fixed.
\ 7319 was reported fixed in joyride-2200.
6825 QA erikos Problems with email web-frontend www.adinet.com.uy
\ Reported fixed in joyride-2204 by erikos.
7294 FIN erikb Camera not working
\ work-around is already in joyride; Record-55 works;
\ some regressions in Record are left.
\ they don't seem to be in the bug. what are they?
\ should they be in a different bug? #7452
\ and #7459 (fixing today)
\ and #7609
\ Reported fixed in joyride-2207 by dsd.
7339 FIN tomeu CPU spins after starting an activity
\ reported fixed in joyride-2120 by tomeu.
=== Important bugs
5104, 5527 DBG ??? Reconnecting to encrypted access points with NM
\ http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-July/016335.html
\ Sjoerd knows some things about this.
7474 DBG sayamindu Amharic compose key broken
7480 DSN erikg Networking configuration reset button
7458 DBG dsaxena Suspend/Resume (S/R) lockups
\ dsaxena side-tracked; rsmith's help requested
\ pgf might be available. needs to be retested w/ new wireless firmware
\ probably realted to 2621
many TST dilinger Touchpad bugs.
\ http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-May/013580.html
7353 COD dsd F-9 Bloat (currently 10M over target)
\ had a nice discussion w/ abadger1999 (Toshio)
suggestions: we need to be much more aggressive about filing bugs in bz.rh.c
we need to include references to all bz.rh.c and all upstream
bug reports in our tracking bugs.
major goals: merge dsd's changes upstream
kill perl from libabiword, which should let us achieve our goal.
7394 TST ??? OFW refresh
\ need a pointer from the tickets to the mailing list feature annoucements
\ Mitch provided an initial test matrix in the ticket.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
7392 TST martin_xsa DS backup/restore
\ martin_xsa not present; will seek a separate update.
\ time to start proceedings in fedora for package inclusion of ds-backup
\ Needs testing help!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
7357 COD cjb olpc-hardware-manager must die:
\ not ready yet. but not essential since the functionality is all working
\ (even though split between that and OHM)
\ workaround in joyride; dgilmore doesn't want to ship the workaround in 8.2
7384 COD cjb USB-disabling power management
\ cjb is multitasking between killing olpc-hardware-manager and shipping this.
7434 TST cjb Power management (PM) control panel entry (CPE).
\ need to recheck the 'airplane mode' switch
\ need to communicate that ALL USB stuff will die.
\ better labels in general (translators need a say here, though. artwork might be appropriate)
4951, 7396 TST cscott Activity Updater CPE.
\ autostart mechanism is not yet ready for testing (7495)
\ all sorts of security concerns here
- DOS potential on activities, due to running out of space (i. \ Need to re-run the updater when network access becomes available.
7486 PKG tomeu Sugar shell crashes when threads used.
\ will need to recheck for 10 Hz wakeups.
6797 PKG ??? Rainbow/X race
\ some upstart work at http://teach.laptop.org/~mstone/rainbow-job
\ needs a real owner; mstone will work on it as spare time permits
7528 PKG cscott Wireless firmware - 5.110.22.p17
6673,7466 ??? dsd? tamtam broken.
\ i think TamTam+joyride is going to be a headache --- why?
\ csound is broken, i just commented on the ticket
\ need to speak w/ the tamtam folks: Jean Piche'. (ask jg for others)
7448 TST cscott updates from 656 to joyride fail.
\ believed fixed; will test comprehensively as part of test plan for 4951/7495
\ not yet done; ask again next week.
7442 DBG ??? weird interactions between X and VTs.
Other bugs submitted for triage: (from 7413, high quality release)
4312 COD ??? volume buttons in totem
7205 PKG marco pippy regression
7220 DSN tomeu mark newly downloaded activities as favorites by default.
\ ???
7494 REV homunq activity upgrade problems
\ homunq offers to take these.
\ See also related new bug 7534:
\ "Safer to always reinstall, rather than comparing versions"
7378/7524 OWN mstone core library update
\ cscott would prefer an in-house maintainer, but...
\ We should advertise the need for a maintainer on devel@, olpc-open@, etc.
\ we could also poke SJ's interns for short-term updates.
\ Several people think that we really need to do some hiring here.
\ We should discuss w/ Kim since other folks claim that OLPC shouldn't be generating content.
7419 DBG ??? can't quit browse
7525 COD cjb pippy update
\ activity issue; not strictly tied to 8.2
5409 COD ??? no indication for secure/insecure sites in Browse
7421 ??? ??? grab bag of other browse issues
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=== Bugs/Areas needing triage
Greg and I are going to sdchedule individual triage meetings with individual
subsystem maintainers to hunt for old bugs that need to be considered.
This week, we're going to discuss power management w/ cjb at 1200 EDT.
No other triage meetings have been scheduled. To schedule a meeting, reply to
this mail with proposed times and attendees.
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