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== Announcement ==

== Announcement ==

This is the second development release in the 0.86 release cycle - see the [[0.86/Roadmap#Schedule]] for more details. We are getting closer to the feature freeze and a few features have been landed in this release. Please test them carefully and report any bug and workflow issues you find to get them in good shape for the release. A friendly [[BugSquad]] will be available to triage those bugs accordingly and the developers can never have enough bug food. If you have non-bug feedback about features you can use the sugar-devel mailing list to share it with us.

This is the second development release in the 0.86 release cycle - see the [[0.86/Roadmap#Schedule]] for more details. Note, that we are two weeks late with this release, as we wanted to land some of the features so we can get feedback on, especially the toolbar redesign. This will have no effect on the final release date.

 

We are getting closer to the feature freeze and a few features have been landed in this release. Please test them carefully and report any bug and workflow issues you find to get them in good shape for the release. A friendly [[BugSquad]] will be available to triage those bugs accordingly and the developers can never have enough bug food. If you have non-bug feedback about features you can use the sugar-devel mailing list to share it with us.

From a user point of view we want to highlight the following changes that have been made:

From a user point of view we want to highlight the following changes that have been made:

=== Tabs in Browse ===

=== Tabs in Browse ===

Links that would open in a new window now open in new tabs inside the main activity window similar to the behavior in other browsers. Though this [[Features/Tabs_In_Browse | feature]] isn't proposing any way for the user to explicitly open any link in a new tab, or explicitly create a new tab.  

Links that would open in a new window now open in new tabs inside the main activity window similar to the behavior in other browsers. Though this [[Features/Tabs_In_Browse | feature]] isn't proposing any way for the user to explicitly open any link in a new tab, or explicitly create a new tab.  

=== Ad hoc Networking ===

=== Ad hoc Networking ===

The new ad hoc networking facilities allows users to connect with each other over wireless in an ad hoc manner without infrastructure like an Access Point. This is the so called under a tree scenario. OLPC provided that functionality based on hardware mesh. This [[Features/Ad_hoc_Networking | feature]] allows to provide that functionality with nearly all the wireless hardware. Furthermore it allows you to do share an internet connection using the same mechanism.

The new ad hoc networking facilities allows users to connect with each other over wireless in an ad hoc manner without infrastructure like an Access Point. This is the so called under a tree scenario. OLPC provided that functionality based on hardware mesh. This [[Features/Ad_hoc_Networking | feature]] allows to provide that functionality with nearly all the wireless hardware. Furthermore it allows you to do share an internet connection using the same mechanism.

Thanks everyone for your great contributions!

Thanks everyone for your great contributions!

== Update to this version ==

== Update to this version ==

Please use the instructions for your distribution (Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian etc) of choice to upgrade to this release.

Please use the instructions for your distribution (Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian etc) of choice to upgrade to this release.

== Glucose modules==

== Glucose modules==

* Fix support of [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Journal_entry_bundle Journal entry bundles] (.xoj) {{Bug|1098}}

* Fix support of [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Journal_entry_bundle Journal entry bundles] (.xoj) {{Bug|1098}}

* Abort if there is an error when retrieving activities (silbe) {{Bug|1059}}

* Abort if there is an error when retrieving activities (silbe) {{Bug|1059}}

* Dont reinstall bundle if its already installed (silbe) {{Bug|1053}}

* Don't reinstall bundle if its already installed (silbe) {{Bug|1053}}

* update mime type db when a new activity is copied to ~/Activities {{Bug|955}}

* update mime type db when a new activity is copied to ~/Activities {{Bug|955}}

* md5 and sha module will be deprecated in python 2.6 {{Bug|266}}

* md5 and sha module will be deprecated in python 2.6 {{Bug|266}}

== What is new for packagers ==

== What is new for packagers ==

* [[Features/Metacity | '''Metacity:''']] The switch to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacity Metacity] as window manager is dependent on this [http://git.gnome.org/cgit/metacity/commit/?id=b625ec30d99b2dcf86d8fa78b09f6d04dce3a6e0 commit] that adds a command line option to disable autofullscreening maximized windows without decorations.

* [[Features/Metacity | '''Metacity:''']] The switch to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacity Metacity] as window manager is dependent on this [http://git.gnome.org/cgit/metacity/commit/?id=b625ec30d99b2dcf86d8fa78b09f6d04dce3a6e0 commit] that adds a command line option to disable autofullscreening maximized windows without decorations.

* [[Features/Flash Activities | '''Flash Activities:''']] Distributions need to package the last version of Gnash (v9).

* [[Features/Flash Activities | '''Flash Activities:''']] Distributions need to package the last version of Gnash (v9).

* [[Features/Tabs In Browse | '''Tabs in Browse:''']] Hulahop version >= 0.5

* [[Features/Tabs In Browse | '''Tabs in Browse:''']] Hulahop version >= 0.5

* Abiword 2.8 is closed to be released and will be part of the Sugar Platform 0.86, so we need to have the latest release in the 2.7.x series packaged so we start testing it.

* [[Activities/Write | '''Write:''']] Abiword 2.8 is close to be released and will be part of the Sugar Platform 0.86, so we need to have the latest release in the 2.7.x series packaged so we start testing it.