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== Pre-conference community meetup == | == Pre-conference community meetup == | ||
| − | * Bernie gives an overview of the current state of Sugar Labs | + | * Bernie gives an overview of the current state of Sugar Labs: |
** infrastructure (servers, services, etc.) in in place | ** infrastructure (servers, services, etc.) in in place | ||
** mode of governance has been established | ** mode of governance has been established | ||
** getting away from the ''old mindset'' (thinking like a company, asking for permission before doing something) | ** getting away from the ''old mindset'' (thinking like a company, asking for permission before doing something) | ||
** ''show me the code'', we will support you but you should do things yourself | ** ''show me the code'', we will support you but you should do things yourself | ||
| − | ** | + | ** Sugar Labs is a community '''not''' a company |
** more developers are needed | ** more developers are needed | ||
** people should be pointed to join.sugarlabs.org | ** people should be pointed to join.sugarlabs.org | ||
** a few thousand dollars have been collected via individual donations | ** a few thousand dollars have been collected via individual donations | ||
** no success in getting grants so far | ** no success in getting grants so far | ||
| − | ** | + | ** Sugar Labs has no employees, should work like the Gnome foundation, people getting paid by companies who want Sugar to suceed |
| − | ** | + | * in the larger context Sugar Labs should be responsible for high-levels decisions and setting the framework for activities |
| + | * focus on setting up Local Sugar Labs, direct contact to educators and other relevant parties in their respective communities | ||
| + | * [http://sugarlabs.org/go/ActivityTeam/Remora_port Remora] as a central hub for activities (downloads, reviews, etc.); should be available in a couple of weeks | ||
| + | * Collaboration: | ||
| + | ** (as previously also discussed on the mailing-list) it would be good to have a minimum-level of collaboration in all activities in the form of a view-only mode | ||
| + | ** activities should also declare a max. number of collaborators, any additional users who join are automatically connected in a view-only mode | ||
| + | * Sugar 0.86: | ||
| + | ** goal is to make Sugar more usable in the classroom and for teachers | ||
| + | ** define a process to help deverlopers in finding what's important in the classroom (''participatory design'', ''educator-driven development'') | ||
| + | ** announce a call-for-proposals to aid in the collection of ideas, desired features, etc. for the next release | ||
| + | ** end of call in mid-March | ||
| + | ** don't make promises whether these things will be implemented (because most of them won't be!) | ||
| + | * Sugar 0.84 demo by Tomeu: | ||
| + | ** '''To-Do:''' | ||
| + | *** Update FlossManuals and other documentation for the 0.84 release by early March (=>contact FlossManuals folks and others who have previously already contributed to documentation efforts) | ||
| + | *** Maybe make a nice video intro highlighting the new features | ||
| + | ** neighborhood view will only show 40 XOs when connected to an ejabberd server due to the use of collabora-gadget | ||
| + | ** there's a server running at jabber.sugarlabs.org | ||
| + | ** Mesh circle / networks not shown in the neighborhood view anymore, only in the frame | ||
| + | ** the ''Start'' menu (currently only accessible via hovering over the center of the homeview) is no accessible from the frame and also the neighborhood view | ||
| + | ** coloured icons in the home-view indicate that the last instance / Journal entry of the respective activity will be launched | ||
| + | ** devices such as removable storage is now also viewable in the frame | ||
| + | ** Journal includes an icon for "favorites-only" search | ||
| + | ** view-source (fn + space) now opens source code for activities in a view-only mode and saves them in the Journal | ||
| + | ** apart from a regular Testing team that mainly looks for bugs there's also a need for a dedicated UI testing effort to evaluate UI changes | ||
== FOSDEM'09 == | == FOSDEM'09 == | ||
| + | * SoaS at the Fedora booth: http://erikos.sweettimez.de/?p=359 | ||
| + | * Planning for [http://sugarlabs.org/go/User:Erikos/Events/LinuxTag2009 LinuxTag 2009] | ||
== Other Notes == | == Other Notes == | ||
Latest revision as of 19:10, 24 February 2010
Pre-conference community meetup
- Bernie gives an overview of the current state of Sugar Labs:
- infrastructure (servers, services, etc.) in in place
- mode of governance has been established
- getting away from the old mindset (thinking like a company, asking for permission before doing something)
- show me the code, we will support you but you should do things yourself
- Sugar Labs is a community not a company
- more developers are needed
- people should be pointed to join.sugarlabs.org
- a few thousand dollars have been collected via individual donations
- no success in getting grants so far
- Sugar Labs has no employees, should work like the Gnome foundation, people getting paid by companies who want Sugar to suceed
- in the larger context Sugar Labs should be responsible for high-levels decisions and setting the framework for activities
- focus on setting up Local Sugar Labs, direct contact to educators and other relevant parties in their respective communities
- Remora as a central hub for activities (downloads, reviews, etc.); should be available in a couple of weeks
- Collaboration:
- (as previously also discussed on the mailing-list) it would be good to have a minimum-level of collaboration in all activities in the form of a view-only mode
- activities should also declare a max. number of collaborators, any additional users who join are automatically connected in a view-only mode
- Sugar 0.86:
- goal is to make Sugar more usable in the classroom and for teachers
- define a process to help deverlopers in finding what's important in the classroom (participatory design, educator-driven development)
- announce a call-for-proposals to aid in the collection of ideas, desired features, etc. for the next release
- end of call in mid-March
- don't make promises whether these things will be implemented (because most of them won't be!)
- Sugar 0.84 demo by Tomeu:
- To-Do:
- Update FlossManuals and other documentation for the 0.84 release by early March (=>contact FlossManuals folks and others who have previously already contributed to documentation efforts)
- Maybe make a nice video intro highlighting the new features
- neighborhood view will only show 40 XOs when connected to an ejabberd server due to the use of collabora-gadget
- there's a server running at jabber.sugarlabs.org
- Mesh circle / networks not shown in the neighborhood view anymore, only in the frame
- the Start menu (currently only accessible via hovering over the center of the homeview) is no accessible from the frame and also the neighborhood view
- coloured icons in the home-view indicate that the last instance / Journal entry of the respective activity will be launched
- devices such as removable storage is now also viewable in the frame
- Journal includes an icon for "favorites-only" search
- view-source (fn + space) now opens source code for activities in a view-only mode and saves them in the Journal
- apart from a regular Testing team that mainly looks for bugs there's also a need for a dedicated UI testing effort to evaluate UI changes
- To-Do:
FOSDEM'09
- SoaS at the Fedora booth: http://erikos.sweettimez.de/?p=359
- Planning for LinuxTag 2009