Mer/Sprints/0.9
Period: 16 February 2009 - 2 March 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 | qwerty12 | 80% | Powerlaunch ported by qwerty12, in repository. Needs mer specific fixes, will patch sometime. | |
| 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. |
Bugs
Bug reports in bugzilla discovered through or related to Mer development in this sprint or outstanding still:
| ID | Severity | Product | Status | Resolution | Summary (9 tasks) ⇒ | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 4023+ | critical | Desktop platform | RESOLVED | WONTFIX | Sapwood doesn't align PixbufOpenRequest properly (crash on 770) | Sven Herzberg |
| 4093 | normal | Mer | RESOLVED | WONTFIX | update-desktop-database error message is bad | Carsten Munk |
| 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 |
| 4062 | major | Mer | RESOLVED | FIXED | Installer crashes when writing a bootmenu item in advanced-mode for external card. | Carsten Munk |