<div class="gmail_quote">Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 11:49:49 -0400<br>
From: "Walter Bender" <<a href="mailto:walter.bender@gmail.com">walter.bender@gmail.com</a>><br>
Subject: [Community-news] Sugar Digest 2008-05-26<br>
To: <a href="mailto:community-news@lists.sugarlabs.org">community-news@lists.sugarlabs.org</a><br>
Cc: <a href="mailto:community-news@lists.laptop.org">community-news@lists.laptop.org</a>, Sugar Mailing List<br>
<<a href="mailto:sugar@lists.laptop.org">sugar@lists.laptop.org</a>><br> <br>
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== Sugar Digest ==<br>
<br>
1. About this list: Over the two-plus years I was at OLPC, I posted a<br>
weekly digest of OLPC news to the <a href="mailto:community-news@lists.laptop.org">community-news@lists.laptop.org</a><br>
list. I also had been updating the news page in the OLPC wiki every<br>
weekend. Now that I am devoting my energies to Sugar Labs, I will<br>
start posting a weekly digest of Sugar news to<br>
<a href="mailto:community-news@lists.sugarlabs.org">community-news@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> (I'll cross post to<br>
<a href="mailto:its.an.education.project@lists.sugarlabs.org">its.an.education.project@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> and<br>
<a href="mailto:sugar@lists.laptop.org">sugar@lists.laptop.org</a>, but I will *not* cross-post to<br>
<a href="mailto:community-news@lists.laptop.org">community-news@lists.laptop.org</a> beyond this announcement). Please send<br>
me any updates by the weekend for inclusion in what will most often be<br>
a Monday-morning post. More information about the list, including<br>
subscription instructions and and archives can be found here<br>
(<a href="http://lists.lo-res.org/mailman/listinfo/community-news" target="_blank">http://lists.lo-res.org/mailman/listinfo/community-news</a>).<br>
<br>
* <a href="mailto:sugar@lists.laptop.org">sugar@lists.laptop.org</a> remains the primary forum for discussing<br>
technical details of the Sugar project;<br>
* <a href="mailto:its.an.education.project@lists.sugarlabs.org">its.an.education.project@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> is a forum for<br>
discussing the impact of Sugar (and related technologies, such as<br>
Etoys) on learning, including discussion of observations from the<br>
field;<br>
* <a href="mailto:community-news@lists.sugarlabs.org">community-news@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> is a weekly digest of<br>
Sugar-related news and discussions;<br>
* <a href="mailto:devel@lists.laptop.org">devel@lists.laptop.org</a> remains the primary forum for discussing<br>
OLPC-XO-specific technical details.<br>
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Other distribution-specific lists are beginning to be made, such as:<br>
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* <a href="http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/debian-olpc-devel" target="_blank">http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/debian-olpc-devel</a><br>
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Other communication channels include:<br>
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* <a href="http://planet.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">http://planet.sugarlabs.org</a><br>
* #Sugar on <a href="http://irc.freenode.net" target="_blank">irc.freenode.net</a><br>
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2. It has been just a few weeks since we launched the Sugar Labs<br>
initiative and the pace of activity is already picking up. Among the<br>
highlights are the creation of <a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">wiki.sugarlabs.org</a> (special thanks to<br>
Helga Schmidt) and creation of the its.an.education.project list<br>
(thanks to Aaron Kaplan).<br>
<br>
The mailing list discussion has seen an interesting progression: it<br>
began as a discussion about the relationship between Sugar and the XO<br>
laptop and has morphed into a discussion about learning. These trends<br>
are evident in some self-organizing maps of the list activity<br>
generated by Gary Martin (author of the Moon activity):<br>
<br>
Compare<br>
<a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Image:2008-May-01-09-som.jpg" target="_blank">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Image:2008-May-01-09-som.jpg</a><br>
with<br>
<a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Image:2008-May-17-23-som.jpg" target="_blank">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Image:2008-May-17-23-som.jpg</a><br>
<br>
(Gary has put the image thumbs and some basic text description on his<br>
user page?<a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Garycmartin?and" target="_blank">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User:Garycmartin?and</a> is looking<br>
for feedback as to how to make these visualizations more useful.)<br>
<br>
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3. The wiki has already almost 150 registered users and well over 1000<br>
page edits. Highlights include:<br>
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* <a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User_Manual" target="_blank">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/User_Manual</a><br>
* <a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Supported_systems" target="_blank">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Supported_systems</a><br>
* <a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Roadmap" target="_blank">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Roadmap</a><br>
* <a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Release" target="_blank">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Release</a><br>
* <a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Taxonomy" target="_blank">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Taxonomy</a><br>
* <a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Request_New_Features" target="_blank">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Request_New_Features</a><br>
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Be sure also visit:<br>
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* <a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/SugarLabs:Community_Portal" target="_blank">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/SugarLabs:Community_Portal</a><br>
* <a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/GetInvolved" target="_blank">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/GetInvolved</a><br>
* <a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/FAQ" target="_blank">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/FAQ</a><br>
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We are discussing the goals and principles of Sugar Labs here:<br>
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* <a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs" target="_blank">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs</a><br>
* <a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Talk:Sugar_Labs" target="_blank">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Talk:Sugar_Labs</a><br>
<br>
<br>
== Community jams and meet-ups ==<br>
<br>
4. Family XO Mesh Meet-up: Mike Lee teamed up with Kevin Cole to host<br>
an event at Gallaudet University on 24 May. (See<br>
<a href="http://olpclearningclub.org/meetings/summer-blockbusters-at-gallaudet/" target="_blank">http://olpclearningclub.org/meetings/summer-blockbusters-at-gallaudet/</a><br>
for event details.) Photos from the meeting can be found at<br>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/sets/72157604752586251/" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/sets/72157604752586251/</a>.<br>
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5. PERU OLPC Jam: Hernan Pachas is organizing a jam during the VISION<br>
2008 and Open Source Day planned for October at the University of San<br>
Martin de Porres (USMP). Details will be forthcoming.<br>
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6. Unconference: In the tradition of Barcamp, OLPC will be holding a<br>
grassroots "unconference" the weekend of 7 June, dedicated towards<br>
community-organization, and initiatives, events, structures, and best<br>
practices. This is not just an<br>
OLPC event?anyone with interest in grassroots organizing is invited to<br>
attend. (Please see <a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Grassroots_unconference" target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Grassroots_unconference</a><br>
or contact Mel Chua at mel at <a href="http://laptop.org" target="_blank">laptop.org</a> for more information.)<br>
<br>
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7. Bootcamp: OLPC is also hosting a bootcamp and conference from 9?12<br>
June 2008 in Cambridge, MA for current and future organizers of local<br>
groups. The objective of the bootcamp is to help community members<br>
become grassroots advisors, who can serve as resources to others who<br>
want to start local initiatives. (Please contact Mel for more<br>
information.)<br>
<br>
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8. Grassroots Jam: a jam will be held in New York City on 14?15 June<br>
2008, run by the bootcamp attendees. The jam, open to<br>
everyone, will focus on development of individual and group projects<br>
that could work on/with Sugar and/or XO laptops. (Please see<br>
<a href="http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Grassroots_Jam" target="_blank">http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Grassroots_Jam</a> for more information.)<br>
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==Tech Talk==<br>
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9. BugSquad: David Farning is forming a Sugar BugSquad. His goals are:<br>
<br>
* Squash bugs;<br>
* Develop the concept of teams within sugar development community; and<br>
* Start recruiting community members in an orderly manner to the project.<br>
<br>
Most of the early effort will be developing a triage guide and working<br>
through the backlog of bugs. Where appropriate, David is basing the<br>
Sugar bugsquad off the Gnome, KDE, and Ubuntu bugsquads. (Please see<br>
<a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/BugSquad" target="_blank">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/BugSquad</a> for more information.)<br>
<br>
10. Debian: Jonas Smedegaard reports that the status of the Sugar<br>
source package Debian's testing distribution has changed.<br>
<br>
Previous version: (not in testing)<br>
Current version: 0.79.4-2<br>
<br>
All core Sugar packages are now in Debian testing! Please speak up if<br>
you are interested in helping out.<br>
<br>
<br>
11. v-toys: V-toys, a visual scripting system compatible with Etoys,<br>
is now available (Please see<br>
<a href="http://community.ofset.org/index.php/V-toys_international" target="_blank">http://community.ofset.org/index.php/V-toys_international</a>); you'll<br>
find some documentation and tutorials on the same page.<br>
<br>
<br>
12. iStoa.net: Hilaire Fernandes reports that iSTOA, a platform<br>
interactive educational activities and monitoring via the Internet,<br>
which runs on top of Squeak, can run on the XO laptop (Please see<br>
<a href="http://blog.ofset.org/hilaire/index.php?post/2008/05/24/iStoanet-lands-on-Olpc" target="_blank">http://blog.ofset.org/hilaire/index.php?post/2008/05/24/iStoanet-lands-on-Olpc</a>).<br>
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13. Gnash: Rob Savoye reminds us that the most uptodate Gnash builds<br>
can be found on <a href="http://getgnash.org" target="_blank">http://getgnash.org</a> and that we are in need of someone<br>
to maintain gnash rpms.<br>
<br>
<br>
14. Sugar core: Marco Pesenti Gritti, Tomeu Vizoso, and Simon<br>
Schampijer have been working on a variety of Sugar improvements.<br>
<br>
Tomeu has worked on:<br>
* Show the installation date of activity bundles in the activity list;<br>
* Implement search in the activity list;<br>
* Reviewed and merged a patch contributed by Eric Burns for showing a<br>
notification when an item is added to the clipboard;<br>
* Reviewed and merged Eben Eliason's work for activating palettes on<br>
right click;<br>
* Added a palette to links in Browse. For now it allows copying the<br>
link to the clipboard. Other features will be added to this palette<br>
soon.<br>
<br>
Simon worked in getting the Sucrose (See<br>
<a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Taxonomy#Sucrose:_The_interface.2C_plus_a_set_of_demonstration_activities" target="_blank">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Taxonomy#Sucrose:_The_interface.2C_plus_a_set_of_demonstration_activities</a><br>
release 0.81.1) out of the door (See<br>
<a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Roadmap#Timeline" target="_blank">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Roadmap#Timeline</a>). An announcement will<br>
follow soon. Simon also worked on Browse Version 87, which is the<br>
release version for Sucrose <a href="http://0.81.1." target="_blank">0.81.1.</a> It has some pylint cleanups, fixes<br>
downloads with latest xulrunner beta5 and replaces the 'Open' label<br>
with a 'Show in Journal' one in the download alert.<br>
<br>
Walter Bender met with teams from Peru, Uruguay, and Paraguay to<br>
discuss a process for in-field testing of new Sugar features. We<br>
agreed to develop a process whereby we can conduct tests of new<br>
features with children using Sugar on a daily basis. Details will be<br>
posted in the wiki (See <a href="http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Testing" target="_blank">http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Testing</a> for<br>
details as they develop).<br>
<br>
<br>
== Sugar Labs ==<br>
<br>
15. Walter has been in discussions with the Software Freedom Law<br>
Center regarding how to best structure Sugar Labs such that it is<br>
aligned with the principles of FOSS. Stay tuned.<br>
<br>
<br>
-walter<br>
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