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Mer 0.11 was prepared in the sprint [[Mer/Sprints/0.11|16. March 2009 - 30 March 2009 with a testing period: 30 March 2009 - 6 April 2009]]. If you want help with the release, show up in #mer on IRC, on irc.freenode.net.
Mer 0.11 was prepared in the sprint [[Mer/Sprints/0.11|16. March 2009 - 30 March 2009 with a testing period: 30 March 2009 - 6 April 2009]]. If you want help with the release, show up in #mer on IRC, on irc.freenode.net.
== Call for developer participation ==
== Call for developer participation ==
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There will be a Maemo/Mozilla hackfest in Copenhagen ([[Mozilla Maemo Danish Weekend]]), Saturday-Sunday 30-31 May 2009 (with party Friday 29 May), where Mer is one of the focus areas as well. As it is a hackfest the focus will be more on coding than on presentations. From Mer project so far Stskeeps will be attending.
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There will be a Maemo/Mozilla hackfest in Copenhagen (Mozilla Maemo Danish Wekeend), Saturday-Sunday 30-31 May 2009 (with party Friday 29 May), where Mer is one of the focus areas as well. As it is a hackfest the focus will be more on coding than on presentations. From Mer project so far Stskeeps will be attending.
If you have the time and ability to show up (there might be an option of [http://internettablettalk.com/forums/showpost.php?p=277347&postcount=4 sponsorship]) and ability to push some code or artwork or other things through and help out - do show up, it'll be a blast and will bring us closer to Mer 1.0. We hope to establish a IRC presence as well if you want to contribute remotely.
If you have the time and ability to show up (there might be an option of [http://internettablettalk.com/forums/showpost.php?p=277347&postcount=4 sponsorship]) and ability to push some code or artwork or other things through and help out - do show up, it'll be a blast and will bring us closer to Mer 1.0. We hope to establish a IRC presence as well if you want to contribute remotely.
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Focus area from Mer project point of view will be a wekeend focused on getting Mer ready for day-to-day usage (1.0), both logistically (repositories, restricted builders, etc) and user interface (control panels, getting audio to work on N8x0, and so forth).
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Focus area from Mer project point of view will be a wekeend focused on getting Mer ready for day-to-day usage (1.0), both logistically (repositories, restricted builders, etc) and user interface (control panels, getting audio to work on N8x0, and so forth).  
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[[MozillaMaemoDanishWeekend|More information can be found here]]
== Press coverage of Mer ==
== Press coverage of Mer ==
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* Began work on port to Neo Freerunner (thanks to eshopen.com)
* Began work on port to Neo Freerunner (thanks to eshopen.com)
* Bug that kept N810 keymaps from working now fixed.  
* Bug that kept N810 keymaps from working now fixed.  
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* Special [[Mer/Kernel | Mer kernels]] with useful patches - OTG device whitelisting, add pH5's patch to change opmode on the fly, fanoush's patch to remove "menelaus: Setting voltage..." messages in dmesg, fanoush's patch which correctly gives device nodes for mmcs on N810, rndispatch, jott's rotation and a quickie patch of mine to remove "EAC mode..." messages from dmesg (RNDIS means USBnet on your XP)
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* Special Mer kernels with useful patches - OTG device whitelisting, add pH5's patch to change opmode on the fly, fanoush's patch to remove "menelaus: Setting voltage..." messages in dmesg, fanoush's patch which correctly gives device nodes for mmcs on N810, rndispatch, jott's rotation and a quickie patch of mine to remove "EAC mode..." messages from dmesg (RNDIS means USBnet on your XP)
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* We have begun to look into [[OpenSuse Build Service]] (which is not OpenSUSE specific). They have revolutionized cross-compilation. Instead of how Scratchbox did it, taking user mode ARM emulation and patching it with native packages until it somewhat worked, they have fixed the user mode ARM emulation and then accelerated just gcc, m4 and bash.
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* We have begun to look into OpenSUSE Build Service (which is not OpenSUSE specific). They have revolutionized cross-compilation. Instead of how Scratchbox did it, taking user mode ARM emulation and patching it with native packages until it somewhat worked, they have fixed the user mode ARM emulation and then accelerated just gcc, m4 and bash.
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* Included "Drag lock" patch which will lock the placement of desktop applets.
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* N8x0 installer should now write correct items in advanced mode.
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== Known issues ==
== Known issues ==
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* Rotation in advanced-backlight kills the X server
* Rotation in advanced-backlight kills the X server
* Duplicate application menu happens
* Duplicate application menu happens
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* Network-Manager connectivity dies on N8x0 after sleep / idling - a fix is power button -> Offline mode -> Yes, and power button -> Normal button -> Yes
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* Network-Manager dies on N8x0 after sleep / idling
* No charging screen on flashable image
* No charging screen on flashable image
* No battery meter yet on tablets.
* No battery meter yet on tablets.
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* Control panel may appear to have no menu but it actually doesn't have one.
* Control panel may appear to have no menu but it actually doesn't have one.
* [https://bugs.launchpad.net/m-r/+bug/355026 Can not enter an address in hildon-application-manager]
* [https://bugs.launchpad.net/m-r/+bug/355026 Can not enter an address in hildon-application-manager]
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* X-Terminal is not localized yet, at all (shows webameedit, etc)
 
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* The task switcher does not appear rightmost as it should
 
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* There seems to be a bit of "air" around windows, near left and right corners, also in marquee.
 
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* Drag lock patch seems to disallow dragging totally, even when disabled?
 
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* Marquee background acts weird.
 
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* JFFS2 version of N8x0 port causes weird video problem when rebooting.
 
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* The filesystem / partition table of VMDK is broken (fs extends past disk size) (fixed in image with md5sum 3b49e1f2d37050ed344ec3f4620f8309)
 
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* Midori has no HIM in text fields.
 
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== Screenshots ==
 
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<gallery perRow="5">
 
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Image:Mer0.11_NetworkManager.png
 
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Image:Mer0.11_Notifications.png
 
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Image:Mer0.11_Xterm.png
 
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Image:Mer0.11_AdvancedBacklight.png
 
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Image:Mer0.11_HAM.png
 
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Image:Mer0.11_AM.png
 
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Image:Mer0.11_Filechooser.png
 
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Image:Mer0.11_Mirage.png
 
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Image:Mer0.11_Maemopad.png
 
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Image:Mer0.11_homeip.png
 
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</gallery>
 
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== Disclaimer ==
== Disclaimer ==
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* '''There is ''no'' warranty'''. This may blow up your MMC, steal your wife or cause doomsday to come around. But if you find some bugs, please report them on [https://bugs.maemo.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Mer bugs.maemo.org Bugzilla] and we'll try to see what we can do to fix the bug causing it.
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* '''There is -no- warranty'''. This may blow up your MMC, steal your wife or cause doomsday to come around. But if you find some bugs, please report them on [https://bugs.maemo.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Mer bugs.maemo.org] and we'll try to see what we can do to fix the bug causing it.  
* If anything goes wrong, grab a USB cable, and rescue mode is done through holding down Home key when booting Mer (on tablets)
* If anything goes wrong, grab a USB cable, and rescue mode is done through holding down Home key when booting Mer (on tablets)
== Installation guide ==
== Installation guide ==
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[[Mer/Documentation/Installation|Installation guide can be found here]], including link to Mer installer for N8x0 - version should be '''2.0.0-mer8'''
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[[Mer/Documentation/Installation|Installation guide can be found here]], including link to Mer installer for N8x0
== Released images ==
== Released images ==
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| 861cfce61ceecf9b3bbe4c95c776e28c || http://stskeeps.subnetmask.net/mer/0.11/mer-x86-generic-image-v0.11.tar.gz || rootfs for X86, generic
| 861cfce61ceecf9b3bbe4c95c776e28c || http://stskeeps.subnetmask.net/mer/0.11/mer-x86-generic-image-v0.11.tar.gz || rootfs for X86, generic
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| 3b49e1f2d37050ed344ec3f4620f8309 || http://stskeeps.subnetmask.net/mer/0.11/mer-x86-generic-image-v0.11.vmdk.zip || VMDK, X86 for VirtualBox, VMware, etc.
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| 6f557b2c3da0c9a3663a6126cff0700e || http://stskeeps.subnetmask.net/mer/0.11/mer-x86-generic-image-v0.11.vmdk.zip || VMDK, X86 for VirtualBox, VMware, etc.
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| 462dfb10e706899f62d9cce063183185 || http://stskeeps.subnetmask.net/mer/0.11/mer-armel-pocketloox720-v0.11.tar.gz || rootfs tar.gz for Pocket Loox 720 port (experimental)
| 462dfb10e706899f62d9cce063183185 || http://stskeeps.subnetmask.net/mer/0.11/mer-armel-pocketloox720-v0.11.tar.gz || rootfs tar.gz for Pocket Loox 720 port (experimental)

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