Mer/Releases/0.12

Mer 0.12 was prepared in the sprint 7. April 2009 - 20 April 2009 with a testing period: 20 April 2009 - 27 April 2009. If you want help with the release, show up in #mer on IRC, on irc.freenode.net.

Call for developer participation
There will be a Maemo/Mozilla hackfest in Copenhagen (Mozilla Maemo Danish Weekend), Saturday-Sunday 30-31 May 2009 (with party Friday 29 May), where Mer is one of the focus areas as well. As it is a hackfest the focus will be more on coding than on presentations. From Mer project so far Stskeeps will be attending.

If you have the time and ability to show up (there might be an option of sponsorship) and ability to push some code or artwork or other things through and help out - do show up, it'll be a blast and will bring us closer to Mer 1.0. We hope to establish a IRC presence as well if you want to contribute remotely.

Focus area from Mer project point of view will be a wekeend focused on getting Mer ready for day-to-day usage (1.0), both logistically (repositories, restricted builders, etc) and user interface (control panels, getting audio to work on N8x0, and so forth).

Known issues

 * home applets behave oddly when in non-800x480
 * Screen should not dim and turn off during first boot wizard
 * Magic X menu stretches too far, before adding v ^ buttons.
 * Happens occasionally: Initial configuration - Root Password Confirmation Prompt - No virtual keyboard
 * X driver for omapfb does not use Manual updates yet and hence can be a bit slow in updating the screen which may give the impression the system is slow.
 * Rotation in advanced-backlight kills hildon desktop
 * No charging screen on flashable image
 * modifying panel settings causes HD to sometimes crash
 * 770 rescue menu does not seem to work (keys doesn't work)
 * 770 doesn't pick up correct RTC, or it doesn't have it set
 * Control panel may appear to have no menu but it actually doesn't have one.
 * Can not enter an address in hildon-application-manager
 * X-Terminal is not localized yet, at all (shows webameedit, etc)
 * The task switcher does not appear rightmost as it should
 * There seems to be a bit of "air" around windows, near left and right corners, also in marquee.
 * Marquee background acts weird.
 * JFFS2 version of N8x0 port causes weird video problem when rebooting.
 * Midori has no HIM in text fields.

Disclaimer

 * There is no warranty. This may blow up your MMC, steal your wife or cause doomsday to come around. But if you find some bugs, please report them on bugs.maemo.org Bugzilla and we'll try to see what we can do to fix the bug causing it.
 * If anything goes wrong, grab a USB cable, and rescue mode is done through holding down Home key when booting Mer (on tablets)

Installation guide
Installation guide can be found here, including link to Mer installer for N8x0 - version should be 2.0.0-mer9