sdziallas talks tag:sdziallas.com,2010-03-27:/blog/sebastian//2 2010-07-30T23:51:02Z Movable Type Pro 5.0rc3 A whole bunch of Sugar Activity Updates is coming... tag:sdziallas.com,2010:/blog/sebastian//2.64 2010-07-30T23:20:57Z 2010-07-30T23:51:02Z ...to an F13 installation near you. Soon. We need a little feedback from you, though. Specifically for the following ativities.ReadTurtleArtCalculatePhysicsPaintPippySince they haven't been pushed to the testing repository, yet, you can grab the builds from Koji (the links are on... Sebastian Dziallas Soon. We need a little feedback from you, though. Specifically for the following ativities.

Since they haven't been pushed to the testing repository, yet, you can grab the builds from Koji (the links are on each update's page) or wait a few days and then run yum --enablerepo=updates-testing sugar-*. We're particularily interested whether #1900 is fixed for you with the latest Read update and whether the other activities still perform as they should.
]]> Summer of Code: Moar Newz. tag:sdziallas.com,2010:/blog/sebastian//2.63 2010-07-27T11:16:50Z 2010-07-27T12:21:45Z I've been a little calm in terms of blogging about GSoC lately, since I'm getting ready for my move to the US. There are a couple of things I've been working on lately after pushing the sugar-smolt code upstream, though.One... Sebastian Dziallas move to the US. There are a couple of things I've been working on lately after pushing the sugar-smolt code upstream, though.

  • One of the major obstacles for the user in terms of creating Sugar on a Stick - and we have received reports about this - is that the instructions are either outdated or confused and the interfaces very wildly between different platforms and distributions. We've started addressing the first by working on a Creation Kit for SoaS v3. This doesn't mean all is shiny now, but we're getting there. We've recommended Fedora's LiveUSB Creator over the past release cycles when possible and would to continue to build on that. Hence, I've been trying to make it easier for users of other distributions to use the LiveUSB Creator. While I haven't had much success, yet, this is something I'd like to keep an eye on.
  • I've been working with Peter Robinson on getting Sugar into EPEL. We've gotten a large chunk of packages built already in the appropriate branch. Watch out for announcements coming your way.
  • Lucian, who's also doing a GSoC at Sugar Labs and working on porting Browse to Webkit (the result being Surf), has fixed one of the major regressions that affected SoaS v3. The Read activity didn't work due to upstream changes in evince's python bindings (#1900). However, thanks to this work, I've been able to take a new activity bundle, package it, and push it as an update to F13. It's currently in testing, so if you do get a minute, please comment on the update.
]]> Sugar Smolt is now in... Smolt! tag:sdziallas.com,2010:/blog/sebastian//2.62 2010-07-10T16:00:51Z 2010-07-10T16:18:11Z I've been working on a Sugar GUI for Smolt as part of my GSoC. Thanks to Mike McGrath, this code is now part of smolt's next branch in GIT. I'm pretty well on schedule with that, given that next week,... Sebastian Dziallas part of smolt's next branch in GIT. I'm pretty well on schedule with that, given that next week, midterms are happening. You can either check the code out yourself already or wait for a new release coming out. We're also looking forward to including this code in the next iteration of Sugar on a Stick, where it'll help users to submit their hardware profiles more easily.]]> LinuxTag: Recap! tag:sdziallas.com,2010:/blog/sebastian//2.59 2010-06-20T20:57:39Z 2010-06-20T21:52:26Z Looks like I'm a little late at catching up with my backlog. Oh well.I attended LinuxTag earlier this June (thanks Simon for hosting me!) and had the chance to meet and catch up with a lot of folks I hadn't... Sebastian Dziallas Looks like I'm a little late at catching up with my backlog. Oh well.

I attended LinuxTag earlier this June (thanks Simon for hosting me!) and had the chance to meet and catch up with a lot of folks I hadn't seen in a while. Sugar Labs also had a booth there and it was really good to see people (especially kids) playing with Sugar. Most popular activities included Maze, Physics and Speak. However, also Walter's new Abacus activity quickly gained interest.

Sugar Labs BalloonsI also learned that waking up three hours late (when having a talk scheduled in the morning) is probably not the best of all ideas -- probably unless you ask the cab driver. Got there in time, though and gave my talk on Leveraging Communities.

Sugar Labs also announced Sugar on a Stick v.3 (Mirabelle) widely at LinuxTag. Shameless plug goes here. Was a good time.

]]> 500 Days of Summer: Week 1 & 2 tag:sdziallas.com,2010:/blog/sebastian//2.56 2010-06-04T14:52:17Z 2010-06-04T15:16:52Z GSoC has started and I'm working on improving Sugar on a Stick, as previously noted. We've just released Mirabelle (which you can download here and has a contributor portal now), so that a good chunk of time went into release... Sebastian Dziallas GSoC has started and I'm working on improving Sugar on a Stick, as previously noted. We've just released Mirabelle (which you can download here and has a contributor portal now), so that a good chunk of time went into release preparations and a release recap. I also worked on creating a remix for the upcoming POSSEs.

However, one of the things I'm going to work on for Sugar Labs is the integration of Smolt into Sugar, for example allowing users to contribute to issue reports by attaching their hardware information easily. Here's a mockup of how it might possibly look like. More coming soon!


GSoC Sugar Mockup
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