Mer/Sprints/0.8
Period: 1 February 2009 - 15 February 2009 Release
Tasks
| Completed | Good progress | Just standing | Some help needed! | Urgent for next release |
| Committed & Target | Task | Owner | % | Highlights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| set kernel.core-pattern to something sane consistent across platforms | none | 50% | [http://webwizardry.net/~timeless/10-coredumps.conf
this sysctl conf file], needs packaging: mkdir -p /var/cores from postinst. | |
| Include hildon-theme-layout-4-synth (alter to use proper fallback icon theme) and tritanium, meta, okuda, kobayashi from extras-devel | none | 10% | hildon-theme-layout-4-synth now in repository (Stskeeps). Themes seem to depend on maemo4-theme-fixes?? | |
| Look into porting Powerlaunch or doing an alternative in Python | VDVsx | 5% | Starting | |
| package a tslib calibration tool for X or framebuffer? | none | 0% | ||
| home applets behave oddly when in non-800x480 | none | 0% | ||
| Port gdm-autologin from deblet and use /etc/default/autologin | none | 0% | ||
| look at timeless' enus stuff | none | 0% | ||
| 770 wifi module patches to support WPA, IW wireless extensions | none | 0% | ||
| Use lp:~mer-committers/m-r/hildon-input-method & lp:~mer-committers/m-r/hildon-input-method-framework and see if you can get them to work (Fremantle versions) | none | 0% | ||
| Implement hald-addon-bme open source based on dummy BME and Mer/Documentation/BME_Protocol , see this for example | none | 0% | ||
| Implement a libconic ICD dbus messages handler relaying to NetworkManager | none | 0% | ||
| QEMU/N8x0 image of Mer | none | 0% | ||
| Start localization project for Mer, using launchpad (we have .pos, but we need people and translations) | none | 0% | ||
| get a run-standalone.sh like thing | none | 0% | ||
| Fix C++ in SDK (see straightjacket packages) | none | 0% | ||
| Rotation shouldn't crash X? | none | 0% | ||
| Fix rootstrap for SB to be more recent (libkrb depends on libc6 >= 2.9 at the moment) | none | 0% | ||
| Try to get various Python-based applets working for Mer | none | 0% | ||
| docpurge should interact better with dpkg and upgrades | none | 0% | ||
| Replacing SDK icons with more modern ones | none | 0% | ||
| Modern kernels, get newer kernels working with the 770, N8x0, and use stlc45xx on N8x0s | none | 0% | ||
| Make kernel-diablo-modules-gserial and implement support with help of rescue menu | none | 0% | ||
| Find better solution for APT not working on jffs2: http://glomation.net/smf/index.php?topic=5.0 | none | 0% | ||
| Update debhelper in Mer Scratchbox SDK devkit | none | 0% | ||
| hildon-plugins-settings-cpa: creates duplicate application menu. | none | 0% | ||
| Figure out why python-osso fails to build in SDK | none | 0% | ||
| Patch libvte with further maemo changes (blinking interval, Enter, etc) | none | 0% | ||
| Make 770 image not have kernel-diablo-modules and such | none | 30% | found a kernel-diablo-modules in foundations/mer, might have done something.. | |
| Add FDI for Nokia keyboards (see this and this | Darken | 80% | Check this [1] - Added keycode problem fix in xserver-xorg-input-evdev, now in repository. Patched repository actually. Needs testing. | |
| 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 | |
| December | Proposal for distribution of firmware images including closed-source bits needed for community editions | Stskeeps | 50% | First proposal involving initfs bits proposed through maemo-community. Positive Nokia response wish list for 3rd party components |
| 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: Multiple git repositories per project Personal git repositories. |
| 2009-02-09 | Fix lack of "enter" ctrl-m "problem" on x86 | Stskeeps, johnx | 100% | Added /apps/osso/inputmethod/keyboard_available (bool) gconf2 option. Set true when on a machine with active keyboard. |
| 2009-02-14 | Add control panel applet for theme switching | qwerty12 | 100% | In repository as hildon-theme-selector. |
| 2009-02-10 | maemo-select-menu-location seems to stall | Stskeeps | 100% | Reason is because .launch is not an .so. Same issue as in hildon desktop. In repository. |
| 2009-02-11 | Figure out how to make the theme switcher work. (It's a control panel applet), see libpersonalisation.so | timeless, qwerty12 | 100% | In repository as hildon-theme-selector. |
| 2009-02-08 | package evkey (for nit-kernel-compat purposes) | qwerty12 | 100% | In repository. |
| 2009-01-30 | Open system sounds (startup chime, touchscreen tap, etc) | opengeekv2, zenvoid | 100% | System Sounds by zenvoid completed: liberty-sounds-ui, list of wav files |
| 2009-02-03 | Make transitional package for libhildon-1-0 to libhildon1 | Stskeeps | 100% | In repository. |
| 2009-02-03 | Make transitional package for gconf2-common (bug 4016 connected) | Stskeeps | 100% | Fixed, but now libvte9 problems when installing gnome-core. |
| 2009-02-03 | Fix bug 4016 (helps getting GNOME components on Mer) | Stskeeps | 100% | Fixed, but gconf2-common transitional package is needed. |
| 2009-02-03 | Add python-gobject to dsme-tools dependancy | Stskeeps | 100% | In repository, tested on n810. |
| 0.7 | Working X-terminal with hildon input method working | Stskeeps | 100% | Some vte patches still needed, but working: screenshot |
| 2009-01-26 | Port and build http://repository.maemo.org/pool/diablo/free/h/hildon-plugins-settings/ (statusbar applet config | qwerty12 | 100% | In repository as hildon-plugins-settings-cpa. |
| 2009-01-16 | nit-kernel-compat (support kernel booting rootfs directly), base on nitboot | qwerty12 | 100% | In repository. Current problems: evkey doesn't exist on non-bootmenu tablets (put as TODO, as the rest works), so rescue menu does not work. BZR branch: ~mer-committers/m-r/nit-kernel-compat. Problems with APT still exist. |
Bugs
Bug reports in bugzilla discovered through or related to Mer development in this sprint or outstanding still:
| ID | Severity | Product | Status | Resolution | Summary (5 tasks) ⇒ | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4016 | blocker | Mer | RESOLVED | FIXED | gnome has broken dependences because of libgnomevfs2-extra | 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 |
| 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 |