Mer/Releases/0.14
Mer 0.14 was prepared in the sprint in the period 18 May 2009 - 8 June (feature freeze), Testing period: 8 June 2009 - 15 June 2009. If you want help with the release, show up in #mer on IRC, on irc.freenode.net.
Mer is made by the Mer project - a maemo.org community project, read more about it here
Notable accomplishments and news
- Initial N810 GPS instructions posted here
- Began cleaning up and upgrading to Fremantle beta packages
- Neo Freerunner port
- start-hildon script now uses a /etc/start-hildon.d scheme, making it easier to write control panels
- X buttons on dialogs (for cancel)
- Ubuntu MID will be based upon Mer
- Mer team SmartQ developer rebate programme
- We participated in Mozilla/Maemo Danish Weekend and had several meetings including some with Nokia on how to deal with closed source bits for HW support. Pictures here, and here, - spot the Mer people!
- Nokia donated two N810s to the project so we can improve N810 support.
- Presentation at MMDW about Mer: Maemo Reconstructed
- Crowd sourcing HIM layouts
- initial meeting with Ubuntu MID crowd
- Instructions on how to develop for Mer
- SmartQ7 port
- New sprint management system
- #mer IRC channel is now logged publically
- NetworkManager now uses hildon banners instead of notifications
- Full Qi port to SmartQ5/7
- New onscreen keyboard - him-arabic
- Mer will be presenting on a BoF on Mer at DebConf9 this summer
- Sound now works in N8x0 again, fixed buffer overflow in osso-dsp-loader