Mer/Sprints/0.9
Period: 16 February 2009 - 2 March 2009 Release
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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 | VDVsx | 5% | Starting | |
| 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 |
Released files and guides
Disclaimer:
- 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 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)
MD5sums
0772b1e9696abfa3385f225d7c22cecb mer-x86-generic-image-v0.8.img.raw.gz d88403e0aef6a9a0e14fbdcc7d848565 mer-x86-generic-image-v0.8.tar.gz 63e824cd3cab12e6c5088df3a11d6e2b mer-x86-generic-image-v0.8.vmdk.zip
| 0772b1e9696abfa3385f225d7c22cecb | mer-x86-generic-image-v0.8.img.raw.gz |
| d88403e0aef6a9a0e14fbdcc7d848565 | mer-x86-generic-image-v0.8.tar.gz |
| 63e824cd3cab12e6c5088df3a11d6e2b | mer-x86-generic-image-v0.8.vmdk.zip |
Generic x86 - VMDK (VMware disk image)
- Generic X86 bootable VMDK image - root password is 'rootme'
Installation in VirtualBox
- Unzip zip file
- Open VirtualBox, create new machine (click *New*):
- Name: Mer 0.8
- OS type: Linux
- Version: Ubuntu
- RAM: 128 at least.
- Disk: click "existing", find the mer-x86-generic-image-v0.8.vmdk file, select, select
- Next
- Finish.
Generic x86 - RAW image
- Generic X86 RAW gzipped image - usable in virtual machine products such as Parallels and such supporting RAW disk images (gunzip first).
Generic x86 - tar.gz image
- Generic X86 tar.gz rootfs image. Usable both for chroot and actually installing on a machine.
Installation (chroot)
mkdir mer-0.8 cd mer-0.8 && sudo tar xzf mer-x86-generic-image-v0.8.tar.gz sudo mkdir -p tmp/.X11-unix home/$USER/.osso sudo mv usr/bin/maemo-invoker usr/bin/maemo-invoker.real echo -e '#!/bin/sh\nPROG="$1"\nshift\nexec "$PROG" "$@"' | sudo tee usr/bin/maemo-invoker sudo chmod 755 usr/bin/maemo-invoker echo 'nameserver <mynameresolver>' | sudo tee -a etc/resolv.conf
Start-up (from within mer-0.8 directory)
Xephyr :2 -host-cursor -screen 800x480x16 -dpi 96 -ac -extension Composite 2>/dev/null 1>&2 & sudo mount --bind /tmp/.X11-unix tmp/.X11-unix sudo mount --bind /dev/pts dev/pts sudo mount -t proc proc proc sudo mount -t sysfs sysfs sys sudo chroot . export DISPLAY=:2.0 /etc/init.d/dbus start start-hildon