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

....

Priorities from Deployments

Should list what, who and why on each item. Should link to detailed requirements and use cases eventually.

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

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

Spell checking in as part of l10n. (Sayamindu)