The Saga Continues
Aleksey Lim
alsroot at member.fsf.org
Sun Feb 21 16:25:42 UTC 2010
> Disclaimer: I am not asking for help. I'm just sharing my experiences.
>
> The http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/9945 problem shows up in the latest
> Activity versions from SugarLabs - now in Flip Sticks-4 as well as in
> Cartoon Builder-9 and in Speak-12. [Note: I *download* Activities
> using a different machine than the one I *install* the Activities in.]
>
> I believe that the intent of the new code in these Activities is to
> fetch additional modules from a server if those prerequisite "services"
> have not been installed in the environment in which the Activity is
> being launched.
>
> For myself, I do not believe that the target environment for using OLPCs
> should involve "calling home" (to a server on the internet) for missing
> pieces. Although these new Activity versions are described as fitting
> Sugar versions 0.82 - 0.88, I do not think they are suited to the OLPC.
>
> mikus
These activities have all dependencies bundled thus shouldn't fetch any
data from the net, it was tested in last XO-1 image. If they require
connection it's a bug and log with debug enabled will be usefull.
--
Aleksey
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