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:* olpc-utils-0.74-3
:* olpc-utils-0.74-3
:* xkeyboard-config-1.1-21.20071130cvs
:* xkeyboard-config-1.1-21.20071130cvs
We are also going to update
:* bootfw-q2e15-1.olpc2.unsigned
since the C3 fix attempted in 8.1.2 (with firmware q2e12) was botched.
; Reviewers: triage team
; Reviewers: triage team
: Testing: [[1_Hour_Smoke_Test|1 hour smoke]] performed by [[User:DanielDrake|DanielDrake]], test passed
: Testing: [[1_Hour_Smoke_Test|1 hour smoke]] of 711 performed by [[User:DanielDrake|DanielDrake]], test passed
; Special testing required:Testing of the Amharic keyboard layout required. This includes testing of compose characters, eg: characters ሁሂሃሄህ whose "base" is ሀ
; Special testing required:Testing of the Amharic keyboard layout required. This includes testing of compose characters, eg: characters ሁሂሃሄህ whose "base" is ሀ
; Discussion: [[Talk:OLPC_SW-ECO_7|Comments/discussion]]
; Discussion: [[Talk:OLPC_SW-ECO_7|Comments/discussion]]
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; <trac>6945</trac> Ethiopian keyboards don't provide English characters. : This was fixed in 708, but it fixes only half of the problem.
; <trac>6945</trac> Ethiopian keyboards don't provide English characters. : This was fixed in 708, but it fixes only half of the problem.
; <trac>7474</trac> Compose keys not working for Amharic. : This was fixed in Joyride 2330. I have backported the relevant patches.
; <trac>7474</trac> Compose keys not working for Amharic. : This was fixed in Joyride 2330. I have backported the relevant patches.
; <trac>7964</trac> C3 laptops sometimes identified as pre-B3.



== Description of the patches applied to the new RPMs in this build ==
== Description of the patches applied to the new RPMs in this build ==

Revision as of 21:24, 8 September 2008

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This is a software release.

Summary

Title
8.1.3 OS
Description
The OS upgrade is to include support for the Amharic keyboard.
Date proposed
2008-08-31
Priority
High. The Ethiopian deployment starts on the first week of September
Champion
Sayamindu Dasgupta
Root Cause
This was caused due to wrongly formatted and incomplete Compose data in libX11. This was undetected since prior to build 705 the Amharic keyboard got no testing at all, due to the issue described at http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/6945#comment:8
Effect from the user perspective
Currently with build 711, no user is able to write characters such as ሁ ,ሂ,ሃ, ሄ, ህ. This affects all users using the Amharic keyboard.
Proposed Fix
This issue was fixed in the 8.2 build. I have backported all the changes required to the OLPC-2 branches in Koji, and created new packages. The packages needed to solve the issue are
  • libX11-1.1.3-4.git20071123
  • olpc-utils-0.74-3
  • xkeyboard-config-1.1-21.20071130cvs

We are also going to update

  • bootfw-q2e15-1.olpc2.unsigned

since the C3 fix attempted in 8.1.2 (with firmware q2e12) was botched.

Reviewers
triage team
Testing: 1 hour smoke of 711 performed by DanielDrake, test passed
Special testing required
Testing of the Amharic keyboard layout required. This includes testing of compose characters, eg: characters ሁሂሃሄህ whose "base" is ሀ
Discussion
Comments/discussion
Checklist
ECO 7 checklist
Rollout
Ethiopia

Relevant Trac items

<trac>6945</trac> Ethiopian keyboards don't provide English characters.
This was fixed in 708, but it fixes only half of the problem.
<trac>7474</trac> Compose keys not working for Amharic.
This was fixed in Joyride 2330. I have backported the relevant patches.
<trac>7964</trac> C3 laptops sometimes identified as pre-B3.

Description of the patches applied to the new RPMs in this build