Sucrose 0.101.4 Release Notes

Introduction

Sugar 0.101.4 (unstable) is the feature-freeze version of the Sugar learning platform on the road towards the 0.102 release. It was released 8 March 2014.

The main changes in this cycle are primarily bug fixes and enhancements to existing features. Worth noting is the large number of patches contributed by new community members.

Summary of changes

Sugar
Add age and gender to intro pages and About Me settings; configurable limits imposed on the number of open activities; activities can be limited to opening a single instance at a time; improvements to the updater; reworking of wireless control panel; improvements to batch processing; improvements to View Source; removal of OLPC-specific code from Control Panel.
Sugar Toolkit
Conversion to gsettings; improvements to mimetype handling; Journal searching; inhibit suspend while activity is sharing
Sugar Artwork
New icons for backup and restore; age and gender; document-open. Improvements to the battery-charging icons. Some style improvements.
Sugar Activities (Fructose)
Pippy, the Sugar Python editor got a major overhaul. It supports multiple tabs and numerous new export mechanisms. In combination with Turtle Blocks, it is now possible to create new Sugar Activities entirely within Sugar itself: (1) Create a Turtle Blocks project; (2) Export the project as Python; (3) Import the Python code into Pippy; and (4) Export the Python code as a Sugar Activity. You can even create a Sugar icon for your project using Turtle Blocks.

What is new for users

 

 

  • We optionally capture age and gender for each user
  • We added an adjustment for the microphone level
  • We limit the number of open activities
  • We limit certain activities to one open instance at a time
  • We refactored the notification system

What's new for developers

See [1]

  • icon_size is deprecated (use pixel_size)
  • Conversion to gsettings (gconf is deprecated)

How to contribute with testing

Testing and reporting issues is a big help for the developing team.

You can set up the Sugar developer environment by following the instructions found at http://developer.sugarlabs.org

We've not yet set up pre-built test images for 0.101.4. The images from 0.100 can be found here: 0.100/Testing

Sugar Commits since 0.100

Author Commit
Gonzalo Odiard Show a error message if the activity updater can't connect to the server …
Gonzalo Odiard Microformat updater: fix parser …
rcunning01 Set GNU GPL in monospace font …
Ignacio Rodríguez Use hardcode names and colors.
Gonzalo Odiard Microformat updater: set cache header …
Ignacio Rodríguez Unit test for profile, age, gender, color and nick.
Daniel Narvaez Pyflakes fixes
Frederick Grose Rework wireless control panel section to respect non-wireless connect… …
Daniel Narvaez Fix pep8 errors
Prasoon Shukla Fixed ticket 4694. …
edudev A small bug fix, due to the GSettings port and homeview key merging
Gonzalo Odiard Inhibit suspend while doing text to speech …
Gonzalo Odiard Display keyboard shortcuts in palettes - Fixes #4716 …
Gonzalo Odiard CurrentActivityIcon need check if _home_activity is None - Fixes #4725 …
Ignacio Rodríguez Use set_color_xo instead set_color …
manuq Expose variables used by inner functions
Daniel Narvaez Revert "Remove unused variable from journal misc.py" …
Daniel Narvaez Remove unused variable from journal misc.py
Walter Bender add missing file: agepicker.py
Daniel Narvaez Add keybinding to dump the ui tree
Walter Bender Add age and gender to user profile …
manuq Icon API change: use pixel_size …
Gonzalo Odiard Fix error while trying to open journal palette. Fixes #4637 …
Martin Abente Lahaye Fix missing options in batch copy palette …
Gonzalo Odiard Add viewhelp.py to POTFILES.in
Gonzalo Odiard Implement Activity Help feature …
edudev Asynchronous file copying
Daniel Narvaez Add the gsettings schemas for translation
edudev GConf to GSetitngs port, tier 2 …
Gonzalo Odiard Fix method name in journal multiple objects operation …
manuq Remove monochrome from battery icon while charging …
Walter Bender Fix typo in GConf code …
Ignacio Rodríguez Port AboutMe section to Grid
edudev Use .splice_async() in filetransfer.py …
edudev GConf backward compatibility …
edudev Change paths to non deprecated scheme
edudev GConf to GSettings port
Daniel Narvaez Remove trailing space
Sam Fixed an issue with the show_launcher option having no effect
Gonzalo Odiard CP background section need set the cursor at exit - SL #4667 …
Gonzalo Odiard Fix control panel search focus issue - SL #3188 …
Gonzalo Odiard Fix "Show feedback in detailview when sugar can't manage a entry" …
Gonzalo Odiard Fix "Restart button in detailview does not works if palette is opened… …
Gonzalo Odiard Fix Clone of gtk3 activities - SL #4608 …
Gonzalo Odiard Consolidate the control of what can be resumed in the journal …
Gonzalo Odiard Show feedback in detailview when sugar can't manage a entry - SL #328 …
Gonzalo Odiard Fix regression introduced by ae54fc4 …
ChristoferR Unnecessary checkout for getting file size, Fixes: #2303 …
Walter Bender add jarabe/view/alerts …
Walter Bender Set limit to open activities and open instances …
Daniel Narvaez Revert "Shows path instead of activity name in Title bar. Fixes #3073" …
Daniel Narvaez Add padding to the journal button palette …
cheekujodhpur Shows path instead of activity name in Title bar. Fixes #3073
Daniel Narvaez Revert "Removes pulsing from start-up icon. Fixes #3092" …
Jerry Vonau Remove OLPC specific code from sugar-control-panel …
Gonzalo Odiard Do not update the journal when in the detail view - SL #4658 …
Gonzalo Odiard Reorganize the code to avoid duplications …

Gonzalo Odiard About computer: show when was the last update on system packages …

Gonzalo Odiard About this computer: Display secondary licenses if needed …
Gonzalo Odiard Display the model in the control panel About this computer section …
Gonzalo Odiard Add a gconf option to show/hide the Register option - SL #4640 …
Daniel Narvaez Improve shutdown/restart/logout configurability …
Daniel Narvaez Trivial string change …
Gonzalo Odiard Avoid popup the palette while a dragging in the Journal - SL #3999 …
Walter Bender The set hidden attribute ioctl doesn't work for …
Gonzalo Odiard Add 5 GHz frequency channels table - SL #4459 …
Gonzalo Odiard Update version of Sugar to 0.100 …
Walter Bender Fix to fix of SL #4650 …
Gonzalo Odiard Avoid switch to the Journal or change views when a modal window is op… …

Sugar Toolkit Commits since 0.100

Author Commit
Gonzalo Odiard Remove c implementation of mime methods …
Gonzalo Odiard Implement mime.get_mime_parents using python …
Gonzalo Odiard Use Gio.content_type_guess to identify mime type - Fixes #4715 …
Gonzalo Odiard Add accelerator to PaletteMenuItem - Fixes #4716 …
Gonzalo Odiard Restore suspend catch the wrong exception …
Gonzalo Odiard Inhibit suspend while a activity is shared …
Gonzalo Odiard Remove unused code …
Gonzalo Odiard Webkit1 compatibility: send 404 error if the file don't exists …
Sam Fixes #1929, update toolbar examples in activity doc strings
Martin Abente Lahaye Revert "Keep updated CellRendererInvoker self.path updated - Fixes #4… …
Gonzalo Odiard Keep updated CellRendererInvoker self.path updated - Fixes #4717 …
manuq Icon: deprecate icon_size …
Ignacio Rodríguez pep8 fixes for 'Add menu width chars'
Ignacio Rodríguez Add menu width chars to sugar3
Daniel Narvaez Fix chaining up to the parent
Daniel Narvaez Fix pyflakes errors
Sai Vineet Add Activity Testing API and check command to setup.py …
edudev Touch UI: esc fullscreen …
edudev Remove GConf completely …
Daniel Narvaez Remove unnecessary check for python headers …
edudev GConf to GSettings port
Gonzalo Odiard Add get_show_launcher() in bundles other than activitybundle …
Akshay Nautiyal Use proper formatting syntax, fixes #2170
Sam Fixes #4634, issue where spaces in bundle ids crashed sugar
Gonzalo Odiard Be able to click in a tooltip - Fixes #991 …
Gonzalo Odiard Make webactivity compatible with webkit1 …
Gonzalo Odiard Fix cloning activity in sugar - SL #4608 …
Walter Bender Add single_instance field to activity bundle …
dnaula Fixes #3665: add is_fullscreen() method to Window class …
Ezequiel Pereira Add journal filter for .xo bundles …
Daniel Narvaez Make gir files depend on their library …

Sugar Artwork Commits since 0.100

Author Commit
manuq Remove double line in menuitem separators …
manuq Add icons for Backup and Restore …
Walter Bender New icons for age-gender feature …
manuq Fix fill of charging battery icon 100 …
Ignacio Rodríguez Add document-open to make file
Ignacio Rodríguez Add document-open icon
Robert King Fixes #44 . Adds charging icon to charging battery sign
Ignacio Rodríguez Add icon for the python mime type …
Frederick Grose Use Sugar-themed hand for the touchpad icon. …

Changes to Sugar Activities since 0.100

Marian Zepf||Export Python branch (This is really fun. Give it a try.)
Activity Version
Pippy 57
Author Enhancements
Walter Bender Set tab label with file name when loading examples
Walter Bender Set focus on text view
Gonzalo Odiard Improvement to search for sound resources
Sai Vineet Export as disutils, as library, as example
Sai Vineet Edit on multiple tabs
Ignacio Rodriguez Add custom icon selection when saving as Sugar activity
Emil Dudev Add confirmation alert before loading new projects
Ignacio Rodriguez Use open palette instead of treeview
Sai Vineet Show/Hide terminal widget
Walter Bender Added new examples (math/pi, math/stern-brocot)
Jorge Alberto Gómez López Added i18n support for examples
Jorge Alberto Gómez López Added tutorials
Ignacio Rodriguez Reenable copy/paste
Walter Bender New icons
Author Bug Fixes
Walter Bender Sort out numerous cases regarding saving/restoring tabs/tabs content
Walter Bender Fixed problem with sound check in sugar-build env.
Walter Bender Don't offer up sound examples if TamTam is not installed
Walter Bender Work around problem importing sugar3.activity to generate bundle_path
Walter Bender Keep dialog window on top after cycling between activities
Walter Bender Fix problems with sound library
Walter Bender Using elements package from Physics
Walter Bender Fixed a problem that prevented Pippy from opening .py files
Walter Bender Fixed many issues with export Sugar activity code
Activity Version
Turtle Blocks 199
Author Enhancements
Walter Bender Use journal or file block for all media types
Walter Bender Play audio and video from the web
Walter Bender Eliminate extra space around protoblock labels
Walter Bender Code cleanup: separate classes for Selectors and PaletteViews
Walter Bender Use built-in Python mimetype processing
Walter Bender Cleaned up gplay code (uses debug_output)
Jorge Alberto Gómez López Export project as Sugar icon
Jorge Alberto Gómez López Export project as ODP
Scimonster Added URL block
Walter Bender Save/restore palette settings in GConf
Alan Aguiar Add confirmation when emptying trash in GNOME version
Daniel Francis Add load/save plugin dialog to GNOME version
Walter Bender Add busy cursor when projects are being prepared to run
Walter Bender Added busy cursor while project is loading from store
Walter Bender Added tabbing through palette proto-blocks
Cynthia Solomon New sample program
Walter Bender Merged new translations
Author Bug Fixes
Walter Bender Fixed bug with color constants when used with push/pop and boxes
Alan Aguiar Fixed bug with hover help in GNOME
Walter Bender Fixed problem with dragging canvas while programming is running
Walter Bender Fixed problem with Returns in action and box names (as reported by quozi)
Walter Bender Fixed problem with label positioning on some blocks
Walter Bender Fixed rendering problem with filled shapes using arcs
Walter Bender Fixed problem with sharing filled shapes using arcs
Ignacio Rodriguez Make save_as_icon button insensitive when no svg output available
Ignacio Rodriguez Make save_as_ODP button insensitive when no saved pictures available
Walter Bender Added missing parens for some binary operations in Python export
Walter Bender Fixed positioning of help messages (#4679)
Walter Bender Reworked Duplicate Blocks warning graphic to reflect current block shapes
Walter Bender Refactor until block shape to better reflect flow logic
Walter Bender Enabled load file to heap/save heap to file to use the Sugar journal
Alan Aguiar Fixed shade block dock settings
Alan Aguiar Fixed bug in empty trash
Walter Bender Set active turtle after 'clean' in exported Python code
Walter Bender Execute 'until' body once before entering loop in exported Python code
Walter Bender Fixed problem with running_blocks flag not being cleared (cause of spurious "hit stop button" messages.
Walter Bender Fixed problem with errant text entry widget on run.
Jorge Alberto Gómez López Fixed problem with text wrap of SVG output #1856
Walter Bender Logging errors in project metadata for making learning visible
Walter Bender Prevent text blocks from docking to blocks requiring numeric arguments

Credits

Many people contributed to this release indirectly, including testing, documentation, translation, contributing to the Wiki, outreach to education and developer communities. On behalf of the community, we give our warmest thanks to the developers and contributors who made this Sugar release possible.

We want to especially thank:

  • the Infrastructure team which does all this great work in the background without which the development would not be possible at all,
  • the deployments that provide the development team with feedback from the field,
  • the Design team which guided the design of features with UI changes or impact on the workflow,
  • the Translation team which makes sure that Sugar is enjoyable in the local languages of our users,
  • the developers that submit patches for new features and bug fixes and do review other's patches,
  • the maintainers that make sure their code is shippable and which provide packagers with new tarballs,
  • the packagers which provide distributions with new Sugar packages,
  • the SoaS team for providing a Sugar version to test with during the development cycle,
  • the testers for finding the small and bigger issues,

Daniel Narvaez took the responsibility of manage the release.