Mer/Sprints/0.14
Period: 18 May 2009 - 31 May 2009. Testing period: 1 June - 7 June Release
Tasks
| Completed | Good progress | Just standing | Some help needed! | Really stuck/delayed | Urgent for next release |
Guide
- If you want to take on a task, write your nickname in the task item (at the ?) contact the mentor of the task.
- If you want something tested when the task is done, move the task to Component: Testing, tell the mentor of the testing component, and change Owner, Mentor
to "?, your nickname". You're now the mentor for the tester in this particular task.
- If you want to propose a task, contact the mentor of the component
- If you find a bug, report it on http://bugs.maemo.org in the Mer product.
Component: Documentation
Mentors:
- None at the moment, ask Stskeeps
High-level goals for 0.14:
- Provide initial documentation for Nokia N8x0 installation, jffs2 and installer version with screenshots
- Establish "initial" Mer developer documentation, linking to Maemo developer documentation and indicating sections which are still valid
- Locate a mentor for this area
Committed & Target
 | Task
| Owner, Mentor/Suggested by
| %
| Highlights
|
|---|
Bug reports in bugzilla discovered through or related to development of this component in this sprint, please convert into tasks or refute bug.
no bugzilla tickets were found
Component: Builders and developer tools
Mentor:
- lbt
High-level goals for sprints 0.14:
- Finishing integration of Mer into OpenSUSE Build Service
- Document development procedure and work on integrating Maemo Extras uploader with OBS
- Document OBS work and present at Maemo/Mozilla Danish Weekend to maemo.org staff etc.
- Establish roles of this area for the future
| Committed & Target
| Task
| Owner, Mentor/Suggested by
| %
| Highlights
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-03-16 | Investigate usage of OpenSUSE Build Service as builder and SDK ability | lbt, Stskeeps | 80% | Meeting on #mer with OBS people, making good progress. |
| not yet | Discuss with maemo.org their requirements for including Mer repository and builders | Stskeeps | 0% | Will be done at Copenhagen developer meeting |
| 2009-01-17 | Move project from launchpad to maemo.org garage | Stskeeps | 40% | Project retrieved (mer.garage.maemo.org),
Mer on bugs.maemo.org. Blockers: |
Bug reports in bugzilla discovered through or related to development of this component in this sprint, please convert into tasks or refute bug.
no bugzilla tickets were found
Component: Ports and base system
Mentors:
- Stskeeps
High level goals for sprints 0.14:
- OBS support for:
- 770
- Pocket Loox
- Beagleboard
- Freerunner
- Improve hardware support for:
- SmartQ5
- N8x0
| Committed & Target
| Task
| Owner, Mentor/Suggested by
| %
| Highlights
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| not yet | Implement hald-addon-bme open source based on dummy BME and Mer/Documentation/BME_Protocol , see this for example | ?, Stskeeps | 0% | |
| not yet | Implement a libconic ICD dbus messages handler relaying to NetworkManager | ?, Stskeeps | 0% | |
| not yet | Adapt imager scripts for Beagleboard to be using .scr like in http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardUbuntu | ?, Stskeeps | 0% | |
| not yet | Include patch from MB2249 in Mer kernels | ?, andre_ | 0% | |
| not yet | Include patch from MB2504 in cx3110x-module-src and rebuild cx3110x-module | ?, Stskeeps | 0% |
Bug reports in bugzilla discovered through or related to development of this component in this sprint, please convert into tasks or refute bug.
| ID | Severity | Product | Status | Resolution | Summary (2 tasks) ⇒ | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2504+ | normal | Connectivity | RESOLVED | WONTFIX | Typo in cx3110 driver | Kalle Valo |
| 2249 | enhancement | Core | RESOLVED | WONTFIX | FM Radio frequency not set for use in Japan | unassigned |
Component: User interface (code)
Mentors:
- None at the moment, ask Stskeeps
High level goals for sprints 0.14:
- Start building generic control panel applets for the Mer system
- Locate a mentor for this area
| Committed & Target
| Task
| Owner, Mentor/Suggested by
| %
| Highlights
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| not yet | Implement Mer/Blueprints/About_product_CPA | none, Stskeeps | 0% | |
| not yet | Implement Mer/Blueprints/Date_and_time_CPA | none, Stskeeps | 0% | |
| not yet | Implement Mer/Blueprints/Display_CPA | none, Stskeeps | 0% | |
| not yet | Implement Mer/Blueprints/Memory_CPA | none, Stskeeps | 0% | |
| not yet | Port Xournal | none, Stskeeps | 0% | |
| not yet | Port Modest | neatojones, Stskeeps | 0% | (not sure anyone would use it, but it is for some libraries that other apps need.) Need to import microb-engine first since it's a dependency. Might try libwebkit instead of mozilla. |
| not yet | Port claws-mail (hildonized | none, Stskeeps | 0% | |
| not yet | Port BoaFM | none, Stskeeps | 0% | |
| not yet | Port Canola2 and associated python libraries | none, Stskeeps | 0% | |
| not yet | Port Tear | none, Stskeeps | 0% | |
| not yet | Port a proper PDF reader | none, Stskeeps | 0% | |
| not yet | package a tslib calibration tool for X or framebuffer? | none, Stskeeps | 0% | |
| not yet | home applets behave oddly when in non-800x480 | none, Stskeeps | 0% | |
| not yet | Patch libvte with further maemo changes (blinking interval, Enter, etc) | none | 0% | |
| not yet | Figure out why Hildon Input Method refuses to show when under Xomap | ?, Stskeeps | 0% | none |
| not yet | Screen should not dim and turn off during first boot wizard | ?, Stskeeps | 0% | http://armin-warda.de/noscreenblank.c works fine for keeping the screen alive. It just needs D-Bus running so it can osso_initialize properly. Quick patch so it actually compiles under Mer: http://trac.tspre.org/qwerty12/noscreenblankfix.diff. Apply patch, run "apt-get install libosso-dev && gcc noscreenblank.c -o noscreenblank `pkg-config --cflags --libs libosso". qwerty12 is also available for integrating the above functionality into zenity itself. |
| not yet | Magic X menu stretches too far, before adding v ^ buttons. | ?, Stskeeps | 0% | none |
| not yet | Magic X menu should have current app highlighted and in top of list | ?, Stskeeps | 0% | none |
| not yet | Update Midori Mer package | ?, Stskeeps | 0% | |
| not yet | Chase missing or malplaced icons | b-man, stskeeps | 0% | |
| not yet | Fix http://trac.tspre.org/meiz/screenshots/second-level-statusbar.png | ?, Stskeeps | 0% |
Bug reports in bugzilla discovered through or related to development of this component in this sprint, please convert into tasks or refute bug.
| ID | Severity | Product | Status | Resolution | Summary (4 tasks) ⇒ | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4243 | normal | Mer | RESOLVED | WONTFIX | Organize of Applications Panel not responsive | Carsten Munk |
| 4256 | normal | Mer | RESOLVED | WONTFIX | Pressure events are not picked up by gtk. | Carsten Munk |
| 4258 | critical | Mer | RESOLVED | WONTFIX | clock plugin kills task manager | Carsten Munk |
| 4250 | normal | Mer | RESOLVED | WONTFIX | Initial configuration - Root Password Confirmation Prompt - No virtual keyboard | Carsten Munk |
Component: User interface (artwork)
Mentors:
- wazd
High level goals for sprints 0.11 and 0.12:
- Provide a flurry of themes, icons, backgrounds (in multiple resolutions) to make Mer look pretty.
| Committed & Target
| Task
| Owner, Mentor/Suggested by
| %
| Highlights
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| not yet | Make replacement(s) for SDK icons (hildon-icons) | Meizirkki, wazd | 40% | List of Hildon icons and their Oxygen-based replacements: http://trac.tspre.org/meiz/oxygen-icons/icons.list . About half of the icons replaced. |
| not yet | Develop new themes based on -mer layout | none, wazd | 0% | none |
Bug reports in bugzilla discovered through or related to development of this component in this sprint, please convert into tasks or refute bug.
no bugzilla tickets were found
Component: User interface (localization)
Mentors:
- claudius/Claudius Henrichs
High level goals:
- Establish procedures and workflow at Copenhagen meeting
- Bootstrap localization project
| Committed & Target
| Task
| Owner, Mentor/Suggested by
| %
| Highlights
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| not yet | Work with maemo.org & Transifex | claudius | 10% | Stskeeps: submitted initial l10n and it got refused by launchpad. |
| not yet | Find and package l10n for osso-xterm | ?, Stskeeps | 0% | none |
| not yet | look at timeless' enus stuff in extras | none, timeless | 0% |
Bug reports in bugzilla discovered through or related to development of this component in this sprint, please convert into tasks or refute bug.
no bugzilla tickets were found
Component: Outreach
Mentors:
- mtc (Chief Evangelist)
High level goals:
- Recruitment, presentations, developer meetings, - reaching out to potential community members.
| Committed & Target
| Task
| Owner, Mentor/Suggested by
| %
| Highlights
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-03 | MozillaMaemoDanishWeekend - preparing for the Mer part | Stskeeps | 50% | Mer/HackfestCopenhagen09, iTT post |
Component: Testing
Mentors:
- Meizirkki
High level goals:
- This is where all needed items to be tested are put.
| Committed & Target
| Task
| Owner, Mentor/Suggested by
| %
| Highlights
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| not yet | Make hildon-desktop-env use a configuration file to determine wether it needs to show cursor or not (useful for x86) | ?, johnx | 95% | Could use some testing on x86s with touchscreens |
Bug reports in bugzilla discovered through or related to development of this component in this sprint, please convert into tasks or refute bug.
no bugzilla tickets were found
Upstream
Bug reports in bugzilla discovered through or related to Mer development but not within Mer:
| ID | Severity | Product | Status | Resolution | Summary (9 tasks) ⇒ | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4178+ | major | Desktop platform | RESOLVED | FIXED | hildon-input-method needs a finger keyboard example | Murray Cumming |
| 4101 | enhancement | Mer | RESOLVED | WONTFIX | zenity list should allow clicking in any column for radio and check lists | Carsten Munk |
| 4102 | normal | Mer | RESOLVED | WONTFIX | (dpkg?) error message shouldn't say "reached already" | Carsten Munk |
| 4111 | normal | Mer | RESOLVED | WONTFIX | install catalog details dialog is fatally modal | Carsten Munk |
| 3858+ | normal | System software | RESOLVED | FIXED | maemo-launcher build-depends on libhildondesktop-dev, which in turn build-depends on maemo-launcher-dev | Guillem Jover |
| 4148 | normal | Mer | RESOLVED | WONTFIX | alarmd should use '.' instead of 'source' in '/bin/sh' scripts | Carsten Munk |
| 4023+ | critical | Desktop platform | RESOLVED | WONTFIX | Sapwood doesn't align PixbufOpenRequest properly (crash on 770) | Sven Herzberg |
| 3939+ | normal | Desktop platform | RESOLVED | WONTFIX | sapwood loops infinitely at malformed request | unassigned |
| 4043+ | enhancement | Settings and Maintenance | RESOLVED | FIXED | Application Manager should not depend on "user" account | unassigned |