9.1.0 requirements
Release 9.1.0 Overview
This is a time based release per the process at:
Release Process Home
The process is not final. It is a set of rough guidelines still being worked out and subject to change.
The goal (not confirmed) is to make this release public sometime between December, 2008 and June, 2009.
Technical Strategy
Faster, more robust, better integration of activities, more collaboration...
Sales - Deployment Strategy
See customers below.
Pedagogical Strategy
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Target Deployments
Priorities from Deployments
Should list what, who and why on each item. Should link to detailed requirements and use cases eventually.
Touchpad
Collaboration
Inter-school communication
What I see as most missing and most necessary is a safe space for collaboration between students at different schools, even in different
countries.
http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/localization/2008-July/001249.html
Performance and Reliability
Faster activity launching
6472
File Management
Security Activation and Deployability
Network Manager Connections
G1G1 encryption.
802.11i (AKA 802.1x) Uruguay
Unadorned and unedited user feedback
6th grade kids feedback on build 656:
http://sextosdela37.blogspot.com/2008/04/analizando-el-uso-de-las-laptop-en-el.html
Comments from technical user in Ecuador:
http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sur/2008-July/000408.html
GUI and Usability
Request from Uruguay for HW alerts:
http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/sugar/2008-July/007086.html
Designs ideas from Scott and Eben in thread. e.g. I hope our alert system will use the freedesktop.org standard: http://www.galago-project.org/specs/notification/index.php
Priorities from Engineering
4662 needed for better activity capabilities.
2447 caps lock
1997 flashing in write
NAND full crashes system:
I think analyzing performance of non-JFFS2 file systems and picking
a replacement should be a high-priority item for 9.1 update.
from: http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-July/016994.html