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== Glucose news ==
 
== Glucose news ==
 
=== sugar ===
 
=== sugar ===
* Name input screen should be deactivable {{Bug|1497}}
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* shell breaks if system bus cannot be accessed {{Bug|1403}}
* Create temporary files for DS in ~/.sugar {{Bug|1452}}
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* sugar-emulator: kill X server on exit {{Bug|1440}}
* can't connect to WEP shared key networks {{Bug|1602}}
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* move ~/.i18n parsing from sugar-emulator to sugar {{Bug|1441}}
* intro screen doesn't unfreeze dcon {{Bug|1601
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* can't create ad-hoc network when name is 7+ characters {{Bug|1604}}
* font configuration through gconf {{Bug|1584}}
 
  
 
=== sugar-toolkit ===
 
=== sugar-toolkit ===
 
* font configuration through gconf {{Bug|1584}}
 
* font configuration through gconf {{Bug|1584}}
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Sascha Silbe: locate rainbow using PATH instead of hardcoding the
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location {{Bug|1436}}
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* Sascha Silbe: don't use rainbow if it has been uninstalled, but the
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config file remains {{Bug|1317}}
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Some distros retain config files after removing packages, so
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/etc/olpc-security might exist even if rainbow is not installed.
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* Daniel Drake: Apply activity font settings earlier {{Bug|1607}}
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Fixes some minor changes in toolbar appearance that my previous work
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unintentionally introduced.
  
=== sugar-datastore ===
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=== sugar-base ===
* copy-to-journal dbus error {{Bug|573}}
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* sugar.logger.trace(): lots of debug output (silbe)
* file descriptor leak in filestore.retrieve() {{Bug|1550}}
 
* range queries use lexical comparison, not numerical {{Bug|1342}}
 
* add and use type information for Xapian value-stored properties {{Bug|1437}}
 
  
 
== What is new for packagers ==
 
== What is new for packagers ==
 
cjson -> simplejson: Sugar moved back to use simplejson instead of cjson. cjson has a big bug dealing with slashes, this is a significant long-term bug and upstream has not been responsive other than acknowledging it. This bug breaks journal entry bundles {{Bug|1553}}.
 
cjson -> simplejson: Sugar moved back to use simplejson instead of cjson. cjson has a big bug dealing with slashes, this is a significant long-term bug and upstream has not been responsive other than acknowledging it. This bug breaks journal entry bundles {{Bug|1553}}.

Revision as of 12:57, 13 January 2010

Sucrose 0.87.3 Release Notes

Announcement

This is the third development release in the 0.88 release cycle - see the 0.88/Roadmap#Schedule for more details.

Thanks everyone for your great contributions!

Compatibility

There are no known compatibility issues, as of today.

Update to this version

Please use the instructions for your distribution (SoaS, Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian etc) of choice to upgrade to this release. Note that it may take a while until the release is packaged for each distribution. Please stay tuned for distribution specific announcements and watch out for updates at Get Sugar.

Glucose modules

Updated

Not updated

Glucose news

sugar

  • shell breaks if system bus cannot be accessed #1403
  • sugar-emulator: kill X server on exit #1440
  • move ~/.i18n parsing from sugar-emulator to sugar #1441
  • can't create ad-hoc network when name is 7+ characters #1604

sugar-toolkit

  • font configuration through gconf #1584

Sascha Silbe: locate rainbow using PATH instead of hardcoding the location #1436

  • Sascha Silbe: don't use rainbow if it has been uninstalled, but the

config file remains #1317 Some distros retain config files after removing packages, so /etc/olpc-security might exist even if rainbow is not installed.

  • Daniel Drake: Apply activity font settings earlier #1607

Fixes some minor changes in toolbar appearance that my previous work unintentionally introduced.

sugar-base

  • sugar.logger.trace(): lots of debug output (silbe)

What is new for packagers

cjson -> simplejson: Sugar moved back to use simplejson instead of cjson. cjson has a big bug dealing with slashes, this is a significant long-term bug and upstream has not been responsive other than acknowledging it. This bug breaks journal entry bundles #1553.