Maemo.org Sprints/October 08

Contents

October 2008 Sprint planning

Tasks

Ongoing tasks carried here from the previous sprint + New tasks committed by their owners in the sprint meeting. They come from the tasks in the Backlog and the Proposals.

Completed Good progress Just standing Some help needed! Really stuck/delayed
Committed Task Owner  % Highlights
2008-06-10 Better extras categories and debtags Niels 50%
2008-08-12 Push Better organization of bugs.maemo.org components to 70% Andre 30%
2008-09-02 Task:Fast Server Tero 0%
2008-09-02 Task:Maemo_contributions to open source projects Quim 50%
2008-09-02 Explanation of the reasons why the "Top 10" closed source packages are closed Quim 65% Going through the list of closed packages
2008-09-02 ITt karma counting Henri 10%
2008-09-02 ITT app catalog feeds Henri 0%
2008-09-02 Complete and agreed proposal to improve maemo.org Dave 50% Good progress made in the past couple of weeks.
2008-09-30 New maemo.org homepage specs agreed Dave 40% Several proposals exist, we're close to consensus
2008-09-30 Who and how works on the maemo.org design Dave 30% Clarified with INdT who is working on this - still need to finalise the process and get the council involved.
2008-09-30 Propose a new structure for maemo.org/development Dave 0%
2008-09-30 Agreed plan for Task:Improving maemo.org/community Tim 0%
2008-09-30 Task:Kill the old wiki Ryan 40% Ran through the old pages and pulled out salvageable stuff and figured out what needs redirection. Someone else needs to run through my list and make sure it's complete.
2008-09-30 Task:Reducing number of external repositories Niels 30% Contacted most owners, need to follow up now.
2008-09-30 Define and publish first Feature Jar for the community and Nokia product managers Andre 0%
2008-09-30 Task:Open Source Proof Points Quim 5% Started preliminary discussion.

Bugs in product Website

The bugs assigned in the last sprint meeting are marked as HIGH. The bugs proposed for the next sprint are marked as MEDIUM. Only product/component maintainers can change this status. Comment on a bug if you want to push it up. Check also those marked as EASYFIX.

What follows are the bugs that need special attention/progress.

For the record:

IDPStatusSeverityVersionProductSummary (14 tasks)  
3432HighNEWenhancementunspecifiedmaemo.org WebsiteComments on downloads.maemo.org should automatically contain version number[1]
2179HighNEWenhancementunspecifiedmaemo.org WebsiteVisualize rating creation date and related software version[2]
2304HighRESOLVEDenhancementunspecifiedmaemo.org WebsiteKarma should take ITT forum posts and threads started into account 
3178HighRESOLVEDnormalunspecifiedmaemo.org WebsiteDeveloper documentation portal needs revision[3]
3696HighRESOLVEDnormalunspecifiedmaemo.org WebsiteBad formatting of Jobs page[4]
3747HighRESOLVEDmajor4.1maemo.org Website4.2008.36-5 SDK is listed under 4.1.1[5]
3280HighRESOLVEDminorunspecifiedmaemo.org WebsiteWiki pages sometimes fail to load with "lost network connection"[6]
3562HighRESOLVEDmajor4.1maemo.org WebsiteReorganizing components in Bugzilla[7]
2296HighRESOLVEDnormalunspecifiedmaemo.org WebsiteKarma not counted in ITt feed 
2303HighRESOLVEDenhancementunspecifiedmaemo.org WebsiteKarma should count ITT 'Thanks!" 
1805MediumRESOLVEDnormal4.1.xDeveloper GuideMaking a package for the Application Manager in maemo 3.x does not list what apps should go to what section[8]
3363MediumRESOLVEDnormalunspecifiedmaemo.org Websitewiki.maemo.org search does not find anything with short search terms 
3241MediumRESOLVEDminorunspecifiedmaemo.org WebsiteLinks to user and user's talk pages are redlinks, regardless of whether the pages link to actually exist[9]
3236MediumVERIFIEDminorunspecifiedmaemo.org WebsiteUser login page for the wiki needs to mention that login information is from Garage and provide a link to the Garage registration page[10]
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Activity log

Latest activity report goes on top.

Monday 2008-10-20
  • Niels
    • Friday: Worked on Reducing_number_of_external_repositories, database tuning, upgraded the internal test server to Ragnaroek.
    • Today: 'Downloads' performance tracing on test machine. Remove package signing requirement from Extras Assistant.
  • Bergie
    • Today: Working on Ragnaroek traces with Niels, tuning performance where appropriate
  • Joonas
    • Today: Fixing the image resizer JS
Friday 2008-10-17
  • Dave
    • Yesterday: Spent the day chasing down the GNOME Event Box, and organising an emergency replacement for the GNOME stand at JDLL in Lyon.
    • Today: Attending JDLL, getting posters printed.
    • Tomorrow: JDLL day 2 - giving a presentation on GNOME accessibility at 9:30am.
Wednesday 2008-10-15
  • Dave
    • Yesterday: Little maemo.org progress, out of the office all afternoon. Asked for clarification on prime time community software.
    • Today: Hopefully we can close the maemo.org front page discussion and encapsulate the principles we agree on. I need to prepare a presentation for Saturday morning and a lecture for next week. I also want to (finally) make the updates I've been planning to the Task:Improving_maemo.org/Development proposal.
Tuesday 2008-10-14
Monday 2008-10-13
Friday 2008-10-09
  • Dave
    • Wednesday: Paperwork, prepared a lecture for Thursday morning, processed email, worked on development page.
    • Thursday: Lecture, accountant, processed email.
    • Today: Visit office space, reviewed Task:Kill the old wiki - added a bunch of page redirects we need, and will review further the pages we brought over from the wiki. Those redirects are going to take time to set up. Frustratingly unproductive week.
  • Ryan
    • Past week: Improving maemo.org discussion, asked Dave to review Task:Kill the old wiki, remarkable community projects discussion.
    • Today: Bug package maintainers about packages with invalid sections, ponder on the categories issue.
Thursday 2008-10-09
Wednesday 2008-10-08
  • Dave
    • Yesterday: Not much - Pushed update for maemo.org revision proposal, have been working on content of maemo.org/development, followed up on several mailing list threads
    • Today: Paperwork this morning, and following up on recent revisions of maemo.org designs. Will push update to development content which will propose a reorganisation of existing content.
Tuesday 2008-10-07
  • Dave
    • Yesterday: Follow up with INdT on layout and design work for community pages and for maemo.org redesign. Looked at some office space in the afternoon.
    • Today: Try to crystallise front page discussion - but since this morning I'm unsure if we're going in circles. Fill out proposal for maemo.org rework overall.
Monday 2008-10-06
  • Dave
    • Friday: Passed a major hurdle for the invoicing system in Nokia. Travelled to the UK for the weekend, so was only around in the morning. Continued working on karma and refining front page design. I think we're ready to nail our flag to the post and get working on the realisation of a design now.
    • Today: Wind up the discussion on the front page design, we seem to be converging on something now. Start working with Nemein to figure out how we can implement this in Midgard. Also looking at some office space today.
Friday 2008-10-03
  • Dave (adding Monday - wiki was down Friday when I tried to connect)
    • Yesterday: Keep working on refining front page design. I think we're close to a final version. Worked on a proposal for reforming karma, made good progress in that discussion.
    • Today: Start working on patches for some simple karma fixes. Make progress on getting into Nokia's invoicing system.
  • Quim
    • Yesterday: Discussion about maemo.org homepage. Cut lot of text at Explanation of the reasons why the closed source packages are closed.
    • Today: Publishing Explanation of the reasons why the closed source packages are closed. Discussion about maemo.org homepage, still. Finding a basic way to proceed with community editions, distros and etc.
Thursday 2008-10-02
  • Niels
    • Yesterday: Worked on Reducing_number_of_external_repositories, worked on some server issues and repository.
    • Today: Try to fix some server issues.
    • Tomorrow - weekend - Monday: I will be away for a long weekend, (probably) not reading email. Urgent matters: SMS.
    • Problem: The flue.
  • Quim
    • Yesterday: Reflecting decisions of maemo.org sprint meeting in this wiki page. Discussion on maemo.org homepage. Task:ITt Collaboration‎ cleaning. Reviewing priorities in Website bugs, pushed some to Medium.
    • Today: Publishing Explanation of the reasons why the closed source packages are closed (everyday there is something that gets in between!). Discussion on maemo.org homepage.
Wednesday 2008-10-01
  • Dave
    • Yesterday: Work on my proposal for front page redesign. Contact Marcelo and Tim to get some layout proposals for maemo.org/community. IRC sprint meeting. Document karma.
    • Today: Start work on proposal for developer portal. Identify key resources that should be put on a pedestal. Clean up Task:Content Cleanup.
  • Quim
    • Yesterday: Discussion on maemo.org homepage. Facilitation of the maemo.org sprint meeting.
    • Today: Reflecting decisions in maemo.org sprint in this wiki page. Discussion on maemo.org homepage. Publishing Explanation of the reasons why the closed source packages are closed.