0.90/Feature List


Sugar 0.90 Accepted Features

These features have been accepted by the Release Manager for the Sugar 0.90 Release.

Complete Name Summary Updated
100% Remove Presence Service This features removes the need for the Presence Service, meaning that activities and the Shell need to interact directly with non-Sugar-specific services such as Telepathy. 11-Aug-2010
100% Ad hoc networking The Feature will add three default ad hoc networks, for channel 1, 6, and 11. They will be represented with designated icons in the Neighborhood view. 16-Aug-2010
100% Enhanced color selector This is an enhancement to the color selector used in the "About Me" control panel. It enables the user to cycle through color choices as well as jump randomly, which is the current default behavior. 16-Aug-2010
100% Spiral Home view This is an enhancement to the Home view to enable the display of more icons. The idea is that after the circle becomes too large, rather than shrinking the icons, it morphs into a spiral. Only after the spiral no longer fits on the screen do the icons shrink. 06-Aug-2010
100% Journal sort This Feature adds new filtering options to the Journal. You can sort now by size, creation date and modification date. 30-Aug-2010

Features delayed to future release

These features have not been finished in time for 0.88:

Complete Name Summary Updated
25% Write to Journal anytime Replacement for the Naming Alert that lets you write to the Journal at any time while working on an activity. 03-Jun-2010
80% Dotted Activity Versions Dotted Activity Version Number 03-Jun-2010

Feature Process

  • The process for adding, proposing, and accepting new features into Sugar is on the Features/Policy page.
  • The deadline for proposing and completing new features is the Feature Freeze on the 0.114 Schedule
  • See this compilation of Feature testing pages, 0.114/Testing.
  • Feature pages in process but not targeted for a particular release can be found in Category:Feature Page Incomplete