Mer/Sprints/0.11

Period: 16. March 2009 - 30 March 2009 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 sprints 0.11 and 0.12:

  • 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


Component: Builders and developer tools

Mentors:

  • None at the moment, ask Stskeeps

High-level goals for sprints 0.11 and 0.12:

  • Move infrastructure to maemo.org (repository, builder)
  • Provide builder for Mer/x86, Mer/armv5te and Mer/armv4t (lenny based) and release the software for it (SDK)
  • Locate a mentor for this area
Committed & Target Task Owner, Mentor/Suggested by  % Highlights
not yet Build a cross-compilation toolchain for Ubuntu Jaunty armel gcc+glibc and provide for Scratchbox  ?, Stskeeps 0% none
not yet Build a cross-compilation toolchain for Debian Lenny armel gcc+glibc and provide for Scratchbox  ?, Stskeeps 0% none
not yet Upgrade rootstrap for Mer/armv5te for Scratchbox Accelerator  ?, Stskeeps 0% none
not yet Provide rootstrap for Mer/armv4t for Scratchbox Accelerator  ?, Stskeeps 0% none
not yet Update debhelper in Mer Scratchbox SDK devkit  ?, Stskeeps 0%
not yet Investigate usage of SB2 for accelerated builds  ?, Stskeeps 0% none
not yet Discuss with maemo.org their requirements for including Mer repository and builders  ?, Stskeeps 0% none
not yet Move repository.mer.tspre.org to maemo.org infrastructure  ?, Stskeeps 0% none
not yet Provide script for first x86 building, then sb-accelerated armv5te, and armv4t build, and then if fails, qemu build  ?, Stskeeps 0% none
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.

Component: Ports and base system'

Mentors:

  • None at the moment, ask Stskeeps


High level goals for sprints 0.11 and 0.12:

  • In addition to existing ports, provide Mer/armv4t (lenny based) image for Neo Freerunner
  • Provide battery reporting on Nokia N8x0(W) (optionally 770)
  • Provide accelerated X on Nokia 770 + Nokia N8x0(W), using Xomap
  • Locate a mentor for this area
Committed & Target Task Owner, Mentor/Suggested by  % Highlights
not yet Create imager scripts for Mer/armv4t (lenny based)  ?, Stskeeps 0% none
not yet Figure out why Hildon Input Method refuses to show when under Xomap  ?, Stskeeps 0% none
not yet Implement hald-addon-bme open source based on

dummy BME and

Mer/Documentation/BME_Protocol , see this for example || daperl, Stskeeps || 0% ||

not yet docpurge should interact better with dpkg and upgrades none, Stskeeps 0%
not yet set kernel.core-pattern to something sane consistent across platforms  ?, timeless 50%

this sysctl conf file, needs packaging: mkdir -p /var/cores from postinst.

not yet Implement a libconic ICD dbus messages handler relaying to NetworkManager none , Stskeeps 0%

Component: User interface (code)

Mentors:

  • None at the moment, ask Stskeeps

High level goals for sprints 0.11 and 0.12:

  • Provide resolution independent hildon desktop code and layout, accessible even on 320x240
  • 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 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 hildon-plugins-settings-cpa: creates duplicate application menu. none, Stskeeps 0%
not yet Patch libvte with further maemo changes (blinking interval, Enter, etc) none 0%

Component: User interface (artwork)

Mentors:

  • None at the moment, ask Stskeeps
  • Locate a mentor for this area

High level goals for sprints 0.11 and 0.12:

  • Provide a furry 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) none, Stskeeps 0%

Component: User interface (localization)

Mentors:

  • None at the moment, ask Stskeeps

High level goals:

  • Locate a mentor for this area
  • Establish component activity.
Committed & Target Task Owner, Mentor/Suggested by  % Highlights
not yet Start localization project for Mer, using launchpad or other (we have .pos, but we need people and translations) none 0%
not yet look at timeless' enus stuff in extras none, timeless 0%

Component: Testing

Mentors:

  • None at the moment, ask Stskeeps

High level goals:

  • This is where all needed items to be tested are put.
  • Locate a mentor for this area


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


Bugs

Bug reports in bugzilla discovered through or related to Mer development in this sprint:

4023+criticalDesktop platformRESOLVEDWONTFIXSapwood doesn't align PixbufOpenRequest properly (crash on 770)Sven Herzberg
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