Planet Maemo Blog entries from Maemo community http://maemo.org/news/planet-maemo/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:53:06 +0000 FeedCreator 1.7.6(BH) en planet@maemo.org Simple PySide tutorial, #2: signals and slots http://blog.rburchell.com/2010/02/simple-pyside-tutorial-2-signals-and.html 
# Written by Robin Burchell  
# No licence specified or required, but please give credit where it's due, and please let me know if this helped you.
# Feel free to contact with corrections or suggestions.
#
# We're using PySide, Nokia's official LGPL bindings.
# You can however easily use PyQt (Riverside Computing's GPL bindings) by commenting these and fixing the appropriate imports.
from PySide.QtCore import *
from PySide.QtGui import *
#from PyQt4 import *
#from PyQt4.QtCore import *
#from PyQt4.QtGui import *
import sys

class MyMainWindow(QWidget):
 def __init__(self):
  QWidget.__init__(self, None)

  vbox = QVBoxLayout()

  # Let's create two sliders widgets.
  #  http://doc.trolltech.com/4.6/qslider.html
  sone = QSlider(Qt.Horizontal)
  vbox.addWidget(sone)

  stwo = QSlider(Qt.Horizontal)
  vbox.addWidget(stwo)

  # Link the first slider to the second.
  # Think of this as an event and listener system - a signal is an event, and it can have multiple listeners.
  # A slot is a listener to an event.
  #
  # Signals are generally used whenever an action occurs which might require a reaction, or feedback - for example,
  # a user clicking on a button, or a slider value changing.
  #
  # A signal can provide one (or more) parameters, which can then be used in the corresponding slot(s).
  #
  # In this example, we're linking the valueChanged signal to setValue on the second slider, meaning that whenever the
  # first slider is moved, the second slider will move with it.
  #
  # This might look strange when compared with the .NET and other typical methods of doing it, but it
  # really is much more natural and easier to express.
  # See also:
  # http://doc.trolltech.com/4.6/signalsandslots.html
  self.connect(sone, SIGNAL("valueChanged(int)"), stwo, SLOT("setValue(int)"));

  # Set the layout on the window: this means that our button will actually be displayed.
  self.setLayout(vbox)

if __name__ == '__main__':
 app = QApplication(sys.argv)
 w = MyMainWindow()
 w.show()
 app.exec_()
 sys.exit()
3 Add to favourites0 Bury]]> Robin Burchell <viroteck@viroteck.net> feed:a93f39245539231538463d349e184dd2 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:27:00 +0000 http://maemo.org/midcom-permalink-5ec6cbb2158911dfa7b835084239aab6aab6 Please don’t rewrite softwares (that are) written in .NET http://pvanhoof.be/blog/index.php/2010/02/09/please-dont-rewrite-softwares-written-in-net This (super) cool .NET developer and good friend came to me at the FOSDEM bar to tell me he was confused about why during the Tracker presentation I was asking people to replace F-Spot and Banshee.

I hope I didn’t say it like that, I would never intent to say that. But I’ll review the video of the presentation as soon as Rob publishes it.

Anyway, to ensure everybody understood correctly what I did wanted to say (whether or not I did, is another question):

The call was to inspire people to reimplement or to provide different implementations of F-Spot’s and Banshee’s data backends, so that they would use an RDF store like tracker-store instead of each app its own metadata database.

I think I also mentioned Rhythmbox in the same sentence because the last thing I would want is to turn this into a .NET vs. anti-.NET debate. It just happens to be that the best GNOME softwares for photo and music management are written in .NET (and that has a good reason).

People who know me also know that I think those anti-.NET people are disruptive ignorable people. I also actively and willingly ignore them (and they should know this). I’m actually a big fan of the Mono platform.

I’ll try to ensure that I don’t create this confusion during presentations anymore.

3 Add to favourites2 Bury]]> Philip Van Hoof <pvanhoof@gnome.org> feed:43af5b2374081abdd0dbc4ba26a0b54c Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:54:43 +0000 http://maemo.org/midcom-permalink-5f8e33c2158011dfa296e582234accdeccde Me too http://arrogantandcondescending.blogspot.com/2010/02/me-too.html To any of my readers who aren’t involved with Maemo, my apologies beforehand, this article might be a bit different.

Earlier today timeless pointed me to an interesting discussion regarding Mozilla’s Bugzilla, and the behaviour of specific users. Someone is simply discussing the idea of dropping support for some pretty old hardware and software (Mac OS X 10.4 in this case), when suddenly someone interjects in a pretty vocal manner; here is a small excerpt of the post in question:

“Absolutely Not. I still have two PowerPC machine That (sic) use OSX.4.11. […] As it stand now it impractical for me update either machine due to lack of funds. Maybe in 2011 I can upgrade my Laptop. But not this year . (sic) I am going to have to dip into my savings to maintain a decent amount in my Checking this year.” A bit further he continues, “You can create a one (sic) [a version of Firefox] with all the fancy new stuff. Then one for us poor people that can[‘t] drop 3k at the drop of the hat and have to hang on to older equipment out of necessity.”

(Yes, I’ve edited the piece above a bit; (sic) means that the spelling mistake existed in the original quote.)

Now, taken on its own, there really isn’t very much wrong with this post, it’s just someone displaying his discontent towards the fact he might lose his favourite browser in a couple of years; fair enough. However, it’s the way, and the details he includes that make this post so interesting. He isn’t giving a technical reason why Mozilla should keep supporting his platform; he’s providing a personal reason why he can’t buy a new computer.

You might ask yourself, “Why is this so bad, after all?” well, the reason it is so bad is because personal reasons don’t have jus civitas in technical discussions. Most Open Source communities will welcome one’s opinion, and even more contributors will defend their own opinions with all their might, all of this is based around the Roman principle of jus provocationis, which entitles any member to call upon others when he thinks a bad decision has been made. It is very important that such a right exists, as it elevates a project from being two or three people’s Sunday pet project to having a full-blown active Community, with a capital c. This being said, it doesn’t mean that because someone has a given opinion that he is therefore right.

Let’s continue with the Mozilla thread. If you’ve read the initial post that started the whole thread, you’ll note that good ol’ Josh actually quotes usage statistics, regarding how many users will be impacted (and again, this is an announcement for something which is over a year away). All of the above was just to illustrate the real point of this article.

Now, sprint one hundred thirty messages further, and the discussion has moved towards the validity of some contributor’s comments, and what impact they have. Asa Dotzler, the genius behind Firefox’s marketing in the mid-2000 responds this:

“I have spent many many hours trying to deal with people who were not adding value to bugs. Those were all hours I could have, and would have (in the old days,) spent doing other things in Bugzilla, including triage of incoming or otherwise unattended to bugs.

I have spent many many hours reading bugmail that did nothing to add value to bugs and this has resulted my not getting to bugmail that did add value to bugs that I could have or should have been dealing with.

If you don't think this is a problem, you haven't done a lot of work in Bugzilla. I haven't looked up your activity there so maybe I'm wrong, but if you asked most people that have been on this project for a few years, I'll bet they'd tell you they wasted hours and hours dealing with comments that did not move bugs forward. Some of those people might have used the time elsewhere (like with family,) but many would definitely have used the time to do other productive work actually moving bugs forward.”

Asa, sometimes I just love you. If anyone hasn’t yet caught up with the brain-machine, I’ll add some more information. Mozilla Firefox is completely free. You can download it for free, you can distribute it for free, and you can give your downloaded copies to your friends and families. If you’re passionate enough, and have the technical skill set you can even help develop the software; contribute your own time and efforts to make it better, for other people to enjoy (and inherently yourself as well).

So why do people such as the contributor at the top of this article believe they can demand anything as outrageous as “you can’t drop my platform I’m still using it?” They never paid a single cent for; they never bought a licence entitling them to any kind of rights. So where does that sense of “you-owe-me” come from?

Now, I’m not involved in Mozilla and before today hadn’t heard of Asa in literally years (the last I remember talking to him was during the launch of a specific version of Firefox, at 3AM during a very hot summer), so why do I bother talking about this when really I care about Maemo? Because we are seeing the exact same effect in our bug-tracker.

With the launch of the Nokia N900, Maemo got a boost in exposure, and that also means that a lot of non-technical people have joined in. This is not a problem by itself, considering that those people are the end users; they are the ones who buy the devices en masses and provide an incentive for manufacturers such as Nokia to create the devices in the first place. Were it not for them, I wouldn’t be here writing about Maemo in the first place. So why are they an issue? Or to put it slightly better: Are they even an issue?

The truth is, they’re not. They are a symptom, but they most definitely aren’t the issue. They are a symptom as much as Asa (and many others) spending hours and hours arguing and answering the same things over and over again is an effect of this issue.

With popularity, the type of user changes. Initially, when an Open Source project starts, you tend to have very dedicated and very committed individuals helping out. The type of help can be of different sorts; for example, GeneralAntilles in the Maemo Community has been here for quite a few years, and is highly respected by a number of people (if not the majority of the Community), however as far as I’m aware he has never contributed a single line of code to any major part of the software that constructs Maemo. Another kind of example would be wazd, who is a talented graphical artist and helps a lot of different projects come up with more interesting designs, lcuk who will spend literally years of his life working on his own project. (There’s a lot more profiles, but this isn’t about enumerating them, sorry guys)

What matters are people who are inherently productive and can provide with quantities of productive feedback. That doesn’t necessarily mean that they win all the arguments, it doesn’t mean they are always right, but at least they offer an opinion, an expertise that helps move the discussion further, rather than circling around the same tiny black hole for ages. Wasting resources is the most destructive thing on the planet, so why do so many do it furiously, and with seemingly no other purpose than to annoy or disturb?

Now, this is not to say that we should ignore and completely bypass contributors who want to report a problem in the whole system. Things can go wrong on Nokia’s end, communication can go wrong on the Community’s end, and we need to be aware of the problems in order to progress.

Where I draw the line, however, is after someone has reported an issue, three hundred people will reply “ME TOO”. How does it help? It doesn’t. It simply makes people feel a tiny bit better. Actually, scrap that, it probably doesn’t, but at least now they feel like they’ve made an ally, a friend, someone they can bond with in this very dark and dangerous place that is The Unknown. And who could blame them; we were there too, once.

This being said, there is a huge drawback to this behaviour. It tires people. Most importantly, it tires the contributors that want to help. It tugs on our passion like a heroin addict in need, ripping off some old lady’s handbag. It destroys our motivation and it creates a huge feeling of helplessness. And I’m sure Asa or GeneralAntilles must feel quite the same.

Let’s not forget that people didn’t pay for this software; be it Firefox or Maemo. I know some people will tell me I’m wrong, by saying that Mozilla gets tons of money from Google through their default search-engine selection, and that N900 owners are entitled to support because they bled out a few hundreds of . You’re wrong. The software is still free. You can still go out and download it for free, you can not use Google, and you can not buy an N900; there’s alternatives. We don’t owe you anything, so stop behaving like we do.

I feel like I’m losing the thread of the thought that initially sparked this article, so I’ll try to focus on it, and spell it out:

When a project has few people, and only very strong-willed and dedicated contributors, all is well. When the project takes off, non-technical people will come along, and the tone of the discussion will change by a huge amount. Simply put, there is a lot of noise in the signal of the discussion.

The first person that reports an issue creates a very strong signal, and suddenly three hundred people add a whole lot of noise. The developers, or managers, or whomever they may be who want to get some more details or ask for the opinion for a solution can’t, because there is now so much noise that the discussion is stalled.

Now my question is: What the f do we do about it?

8 Add to favourites1 Bury]]> Sebastiaan Lauwers <crashanddie@gmail.com> feed:afb34818df658b05f31254de79bcc6ef Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:52:00 +0000 http://maemo.org/midcom-permalink-47f7aa7a157811df87f66904ed635b7f5b7f FOSDEM follow-up http://www.joaquimrocha.com/2010/02/09/fosdem-follow-up/ FOSDEM was really nice this year. Still too many interesting presentations to attend than our physical condition allows but that’s life.

Like I announced on my last post, I gave two presentations there and I am glad with both of them. People seemed really interested in OCRFeeder and I hope they try it out, send me feedback and spread the word about it.
I could personally meet P. Christeas, who had send me a patch for it, and listen to the questions and suggestions of people about how OCRFeeder works.

I must say the most impressive presentation I attended was by  Professor Andrew Tanenbaum himself, about MINIX 3, what a beautiful piece of software it seems.
If you have not attended it, maybe you can watch the video recording once it is available.
Later on I had a nice chat with him regarding web browsers on MINIX and the real portability of applications that are said to be multi-platform.

Here are the slides for the presentations I gave:

OCRFeeder, documents conversion on GNOME
Seriesfinale, a TV shows' tracker for Maemo 5

Looking forward for FOSDEM 2011!

6 Add to favourites0 Bury]]> Joaquim Rocha <joaquimrocha1@gmail.com> feed:c9cc24540e35350893859da24a38c99b Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:53:45 +0000 http://maemo.org/midcom-permalink-1659007a157011dfbacd0ff16687691b691b Dear GMail IMAP server developers… http://blogs.igalia.com/svillar/2010/02/09/dear-gmail-imap-server-developers/ Some people have already complained about the way GMail IMAP works. With great power comes a great responsibility. Google guys, you have one of the largest email services in the world, so this means that you have to care a lot about users and clients. Dape recently reported and error in how GMail creates the body structure of some particular messages and still got no answer.

Now I found that it does not return the full bodystructure of a multipart/mixed with two refc822 messages in it. If this sounds strange to you, it’s basically how Mozilla Thunderbird creates an email with two other emails as attachments. GMail simply will not tell you about the structure of the two attached emails.

Bodystruct support in Modest is working in most cases although these problems with GMail will most likely mean that it won’t be shipped with the next software update for the N900.

10 Add to favourites0 Bury]]> Sergio Villar Senin <svillar@igalia.com> feed:b32fefb44b67aa4644bd42f2b7488419 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:01:32 +0000 http://maemo.org/midcom-permalink-7390fbc4155e11dfa236b358d28f02710271 Nokia to ship Qt 4.6 with PR1.2, replace Qt 4.5 http://www.sjaensch.org/blog/nokia-ship-qt-46-pr12-replace-qt-45/ Some welcome news for all Qt on Maemo developers out there: Nokia intends to deploy the currently in Beta Qt 4.6 to all devices via software update — most probably already with the next major update PR1.2. Currently, Qt 4.6 (available from extras-devel) is completely optified and resides in /opt/qt4-maemo5. That will change with PR1.2, where it will move to the rootfs, replacing the community-supported Qt 4.5. What does this mean for Qt applications?

  • Qt 4.6 applications: If all goes well, nothing needs to be done. Deployed applications should pick up the libraries in /usr. You might need to edit your build scripts so they won’t look in /opt/qt4-maemo5/bin if you’re using qmake.
  • Qt 4.5 applications: This one is trickier. Qt 4.6 is neither API nor ABI compatible with Qt 4.5. This means that you’ll need at least a recompile, and probably also source code modifications if you’re doing anything Maemo5-specific. Qt 4.5 applications on device will stop working until there is a Qt 4.6-based update available.

So all you Qt 4.5 users out there, install libqt4-maemo5-dev in scratchbox and start porting. :)

27 Add to favourites0 Bury]]> Stephan Jaensch <sj@sjaensch.org> feed:2700e0ed02982a2054ae3f239ecc2e97 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0000 http://maemo.org/midcom-permalink-3bd594ac14d111df90e3a5c055d11cc01cc0 Slides of my talk at FOSDEM 2010 http://blogs.igalia.com/vjaquez/2010/02/09/slides-of-my-talk-at-fosdem-2010/ I still don’t know how to submit my slides into the FOSDEM website, so I’m linking them here by now:

DSPBridge on OMAP3 - fosdem 2010

8 Add to favourites1 Bury]]> Víctor Manuel Jáquez Leal <vjaquez@igalia.com> feed:6af7b3f8d9e1c036761a1cdf0db0b428 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:00:18 +0000 http://maemo.org/midcom-permalink-9ae1ebf214fa11df9aa67fe991f9a0dca0dc MaePad 1.1 and gPodder 2.2 hit Extras-Testing http://thpmaemo.blogspot.com/2010/02/maepad-11-and-gpodder-22-hit-extras.html After a week of initial testing of MaePad 1.0 in Extras-Devel and some very helpful feedback from users, MaePad 1.1 "The Large Hadron Collision" hits the street (or more precisely, Extras-Testing). You can read the list of changes or go straight to the package page to test it.

In other news, gPodder 2.2 "LA X" (release notes on gPodder.org) was uploaded to Extras-Devel at the end of last week. This new release includes the promised UI changes and some other under-the-hood changes, but there have been some minor regressions (broken streaming for example) which have since been fixed in the development repository. Please test gPodder 2.2 (on the package page) and report bugs against it in the bug tracker, so that any issues can be fixed before the next package version.

Again, please report any bugs you find to the bug tracker, and don't go whining in the forums - it's a hassle to search and hunt for bug reports on the web, and your "bug report" forum post might never be seen by any of the developers of any given app.

gPodder 2.2 is of course also available for Maemo 4, and has been pushed into the Diablo Extras repository already. Starting from this version, no Chinook builds will be provided for gPodder anymore, but due to the interpreted nature of Python code, you can install the gPodder package from the Diablo repositories should you really need to run gPodder under Chinook. If you are reporting bugs against gPodder for Maemo 4, be sure to mention "Maemo 4", "Diablo" or "N8x0" in the bug report.

Ready to go into Maemo Extras during this week: Panucci 0.3.9-1 and headphoned 1.6 (thanks to all the testers for taking the time to test, review and rate these packages).

8 Add to favourites0 Bury]]> Thomas Perl <thp@perli.net> feed:437c40ecc45d4b0fa868e422ae16adb1 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:40:00 +0000 http://maemo.org/midcom-permalink-2705425014e211dfbcd8dd5daa08ef3aef3a Laser-Cut Stand for the Nokia N900 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MaemoTalk/~3/Y9Ejg-UOrgk/ TMO member Fake has just announced his latest invention — a laser-cut stand for the Nokia N900.

The 3-piece acrylic or wood stand is now for sale for only $10, $15 if you buy two, and $20 for three (shipping included). Details on how to order, more stand pictures, and the long discussion is over at talk.maemo.org.

12 Add to favourites0 Bury]]> Reggie Suplido <reggie@internettablettalk.com> feed:994930aea431fd805006b92312248b2a Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:23:58 +0000 http://maemo.org/midcom-permalink-f5cdbc1e14d011df90e3a5c055d11cc01cc0 FOSDEM X http://marcin.juszkiewicz.com.pl/2010/02/08/fosdem-x/ Returning home now — sitting in the EasyJet plane somewhere over Germany and sipping coffee.

Tenth FOSDEM is past now. We had a stand as usual but this year it looked much better then ever: white sheet, less cables floating everywhere (one central power extender with 8 sockets helps), interesting devices on table… We had:

  • EVBeagle (German Beagleboard clone with blue PCB)
  • 2 BUGs showing different things (camera view on mine, dual screen X11 on Denis one)
  • Ulf bring new Atmel AT91SAM9M10 board (more on it in next days as it is in my bag above my head), there was also raffle in which other one was a price
  • Archos 7 media player
  • Psion netbook (with ‘Prototype’ text on it)
  • Openmoko Freerunner
  • HTC Dream (running OpenEmbedded distro instead of Android)
  • FriendlyARM with WVGA screen
  • Toshiba topas
  • Atmel NGW100 which uses AVR32 cpu
  • and some more which I forgot about

For next year it would be great to have power supply which would provide several +5V and +12V cables so there would be less plugs in use. Someone wants to donate such one? We probably need to think about creating kind of ’standard stand stuff box’ which would be used on next events so no more grabbing power extenders, USB cables etc. This is a thing to discuss.

At stand there were many people asking different questions. Some thought that we are selling hardware, some known already what OE is.

But FOSDEM was not only OE stand. This year I decided that there are talks which I want to attend and did that. I saw (titles are not original ones):

  • ‘20 minutes about Openmoko history’ by Mickeyl Lauer. I got there a bit late to check did he mentioned ’super secret project’ name
  • ‘Freesmartphone.org — what it is and why it is cool’ also by Mickeyl. He shown few of his DBus related tools — I need to package them for Maemo5 as they should be useful. Talk was interesting and worth being there.
  • ‘Cross building systems: who we are and what our plans are’ panel was set of presentations from Ptxdist, OpenWRT, Crosstool NG, Buildroot, OpenEmbedded, cegcc projects. Everybody said that we need to share patches and help people to fix their software.
  • ‘Maemo Community Counsil: who, why, what for’ was nice talk by Dave Neary (sorry man, that we did not met for talk). MCC is between community and Nokia and they do good job.
  • ‘How to be good upstream’ by Gentoo developer was interesting as they have similar problems that we have in OE.
  • ‘MINIX 3: system which do not want to die’ was the best entertainment during whole trip. Author was blaming Linux for being terrible buggy while his ‘baby’ was nearly bug free. But maybe because of very small user base? Not that I have something against microkernel idea — I used AmigaOS which chosen that way and know how it works.

Met some people, some planned to but time was too short as usual… Some of new faces were nice surprise: Martin Guy (the only one who understand Cirrus Logic EP93xx FPU hardware bugs) or Bluelighting from OPIE project. Tias (author of XInput calibrator tool for making touchscreens work as they should) hunted me during whole event and finally we had occasion to discuss about changes which he did due to my suggestions or problems. I shown BUG with two screens for him and he understood why I need device parameter. And next year I need to catch one guy from staff and talk with him as this year again he told that he know me and I do not know him (something like that anyway).

There was one change when it comes to stands — this year we were not next to PostgreSQL because MariaDB was between. I hope that next year we will be still nearby as I got used to the youngest person in their team :)

Speaking about future: it was last year with Astrid for me. It is in nice location (direct bus to FOSDEM place, near to Delirium Cafe) but no free wifi available in XXI century starts to be an issue. And no more going to tourist area for dinner — it was too costly I think.

Now I am in a bus which is my last way of transport today. plan to be at home before midnight. Post has to wait for Monday.

All rights reserved © Marcin Juszkiewicz FOSDEM X was originally posted on Marcin Juszkiewicz website

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8 Add to favourites0 Bury]]> Marcin Juszkiewicz <maemo@haerwu.biz> feed:c375eca130e9b3972cb48d0355b2980a Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:16:19 +0000 http://maemo.org/midcom-permalink-8becebe414d011df90e3a5c055d11cc01cc0 Maemo5 and (lack of) navigation http://marcin.juszkiewicz.com.pl/2010/02/08/maemo5-and-lack-of-navigation/ Year ago when I was going to FOSDEM I took my Nokia E66 phone preloaded with Belgium maps to not get lost in Brussels. It was working quite good. This year I took Nokia N900 as the only device to use (no laptop, no other phone) and BUG to show something.

How did N900 worked as navigation device? Terrible! The problem started before travel. I installed whole set of map applications which were available:

  • Ovi Maps
  • Maemo Mapper
  • Maep
  • Mapbuddy
  • Navit

Only first one had support to preloading map data (by using Nokia Map Loader under MS Windows). Maemo Mapper had such functionality in OS2008 but newer version has something totally broken. Navit required use of extra tool for conversion but after looking at UI I decided that will not even try. Maep and Mapbuddy always fetch from network so roaming costs would kill me.

So I used Ovi Maps as less bad then others. Lacks of offline POI support suxx, lack of adding own ones suxx even more as in Symbian version I just added few interesting places at home and used them during walking on streets of Brussels. Nokia needs to spend lot of money and developer time if they want to make it usable.

So software was more or less disaster but I managed to get to the ‘peeing boy’ so (after seeing’ peeing girl’ year ago) that part of tourist attractions is done. Would be nice to have some way of preloading AGPS data as without network connection it takes ages to get fix.

All rights reserved © Marcin Juszkiewicz Maemo5 and (lack of) navigation was originally posted on Marcin Juszkiewicz website

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9 Add to favourites0 Bury]]> Marcin Juszkiewicz <maemo@haerwu.biz> feed:c375eca130e9b3972cb48d0355b2980a Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:15:19 +0000 http://maemo.org/midcom-permalink-8b2ca53c14d011df90e3a5c055d11cc01cc0 Maemo Weekly News – February 8, 2010 Issue Now Out http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MaemoTalk/~3/67vLOqJNZ4Y/ This week’s issue of Maemo Weekly News (MWKN) is now out. Some items I would like to highlight are the following:

Below is the full list of articles in this week’s issue:

Maemo Weekly News – February 8, 2010

Front Page

Applications

Development

Community

Devices

Maemo in the Wild

Announcements

10 Add to favourites0 Bury]]> Reggie Suplido <reggie@internettablettalk.com> feed:994930aea431fd805006b92312248b2a Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:18:16 +0000 http://maemo.org/midcom-permalink-9a372d2a14b911df9996f931fccbfce1fce1 Nokia N900 Trailing in the 2009 Engadget Awards http://thenokiablog.com/2010/02/08/nokia-n900-2009-engadget-awards/

There’s still plenty of time, but after 4 days of voting, the Nokia N900 is losing badly to the iPhone 3GS in 2 categories of the 2009 Engadget Awards. Do you think the N900 is worthy to grab the titles Smartphone of the Year or Gadget of the Year? Vote now!

Nokia N900 Engadget

Nokia N900 Engadget 1 1

Nokia also snagged a nomination for the Booklet 3G in the Netbook of the Year category. I think they should win all the 3 categories, but this fanboy and Nokia blogger may be biased. You can vote until February 20th 11:59PM EDT.

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9 Add to favourites4 Bury]]> Mark Guim <mark@thenokiablog.com> feed:23fcd2eb7caac6d74a0924e7d6bb428c Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:55:35 +0000 http://maemo.org/midcom-permalink-92e4ad4014b911df9996f931fccbfce1fce1 Nokia Plans To Develop Salo Plant Operating Mode To Further Increase Production Speed And ... http://maemo-freak.com/index.php/miscellaneous/1370-nokia-plans-to-develop-salo-plant-operating-mode-to-further-increase-production-speed-and-efficiency-for-a-growing-smartphone-market fighter_tmNokia is planning to develop the operating mode of its Salo plant to ensure production is focused fully on the high-value smartphone market, especially in Europe.

The plans will result in the introduction of new and highly specialized manufacturing methods and also entail changes to personnel at the facility.

The planned new focus for Salo is expected to affect a maximum of 285 employees involved in production and in related support functions at Salo. Today, Nokia's Salo facility employs approximately 2 200 people. Nokia will support alter... .. .

6 Add to favourites2 Bury]]> Teo Bartulovic <apocalypso@symbian-freak.com> feed:59d65418afa5d349e0ee7365523a7fe6 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:57:52 +0000 http://maemo.org/midcom-permalink-3075a318149511dfbc15a78eb79b60a660a6 Maemo Weekly News for Monday, 1 February 2010 http://www.mwkn.net/2010/05/front.html Front Page

First edition of Maemo Weekly News

Hello, and welcome to the first edition of Maemo Weekly News. This, as the name suggests, is a new weekly digest of news and announcements from in and around the Maemo community. Our team of intrepid contributors are deeply embedded within all facets of the Maemo and 770, N800, N810 and N900 community; whether that's on IRC, talk.maemo.org, maemo.org Downloads, blogs, Twitter or the mailing lists. They read and process all the info, so you don't have to!

As this is the first issue, things are still bedding in - features such as the top downloads for the week, the newest downloads and the top bugs are still under development. Also, we're still looking for contributors; so if you feel like you stumble across Maemo items which are well hidden, and of interest to others, please hit "Read more" link to get involved. The key thing to all of us is that this adds lots of value, without taking up lots of our time. If laziness, hubris and a desire to help others are qualities you recognise in yourself, get in touch!

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Firefox mobile released for Maemo 5

The news has been everywhere, but Mozilla's mobile Firefox (Fennec) has now been released for the N900. Using basically the same engine as the built-in browser, Firefox Mobile brings an interesting new take on the mobile browser user interface; can synchronise with your desktop Firefox and embraces the concepts of add-ons in the same way it's big brother does: Bringing Firefox to mobile devices is the next step toward fulfilling Mozilla's mission of providing one Web that everyone can access, regardless of device or location. Secure, powerful, and customizable, Firefox is the most modern mobile Web browser available and is optimized for a mobile experience. Key design principles are at the heart of the mobile browsing experience including minimal typing, seamless synchronization with desktop Firefox and the ability to take your Firefox with you, to name a few. It will be interesting to see whether it gets the user takeup that Firefox has had, given it's competing against its own cousin and every review lists the out-of-the-box browser as the best feature of the N900.

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In this edition...

  1. Front Page
    • First edition of Maemo Weekly News
    • Firefox mobile released for Maemo 5
  2. Applications
    • The One Ring - Google Voice properly integrated into Maemo 5
    • Ovi store still selling DRM content the N900 can't play
    • Mac OS X iSync plugin for N900
    • ...
  3. Development
    • Proposal for micro-donations for authors via maemo.org
    • maemo.org Extras definition of 'free' brought into focus
    • Network connected apps should better support proxy
    • ...
  4. Community
    • UK development community used in Nokia marketing video
    • Brainstorm - how do we make it useful, and manage it?
    • Ask the Community Council
    • ...
  5. Devices
    • No clarification on Maemo 6 for N900
    • N900 call volume fading out - hardware or software fault?
    • PUSHN900 pre-London meet roundup
  6. Maemo in the Wild
    • N900 viral marketing in top 5 for 2009
    • Prominent N900 adverts in London Underground
  7. Announcements
    • SyncEvolution 0.9.2 announcement
    • Download Assistant preview
    • Catorise sorts your #N900 apps: now in Extras
    • ...
11 Add to favourites0 Bury]]> Andrew Flegg <andrew@bleb.org> feed:3e97844fb140de8423afbcb8ff62ccf8 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:00:00 +0000 http://maemo.org/midcom-permalink-0a8c2016149d11df89649d068cfafd15fd15 Maemo Weekly News for Monday, 8 February 2010 http://www.mwkn.net/2010/06/front.html Front Page

BBC tech correspondent covers Nokia still ruling in face of iPhone & iPad

Rory Cellan-Jones is the BBC's senior technical journalist and, as with all the mainstream media, is often engrossed by Apple's product launches. However, he takes a closer look at the figures and points out that Nokia - as a worldwide company - are hoping to sell around 21 million smartphones in a quarter - as many as Apple might hope to sell in a year. Also note that mention of "mobile computers" in this category - Nokia is trying to point out, ever so quietly, that it's already in that new category described by Steve Jobs on Wednesday. He hasn't yet played with the N900, but mentions it as a sign that Nokia don't want to "get caught out again". The comments on the article also feature largely positive comments about the N900.

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PUSH N900 US competition launched for hardware hacking

Following on from the success of the PUSH N900 invention competition in Europe (see the articles in the 'Wild' section for more), we’ve swung open the virtual doors once again, launching a whole new PUSH project dedicated to all the US hackers, modders and designers. [...] Now we want to see what the American hacker community can come up with. A panel of judges will choose the top three ideas from everything submitted, after which the finalist teams will be provided with a Nokia N900 and support from Nokia, to actually build their mod. Then, in March, a representative of these three winning teams will be flown to CTIA in Las Vegas, where they’ll get the chance to demonstrate their hack for final judging and the chance for their team to win cash prizes of $10,000, $5,000 and $3,000. Submissions can be made until noon (Eastern), 15 February 2010.

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In this edition...

  1. Front Page
    • BBC tech correspondent covers Nokia still ruling in face of iPhone & iPad
    • PUSH N900 US competition launched for hardware hacking
  2. Applications
    • Ken-Young on Orrery, bringing more stars into view than you can see
    • Hands-on Mozilla's pocket-sized Firefox mobile
    • Browser Switchboard makes it easy to define alternative browsers as default
    • ...and 8 more
  3. Development
    • Forum Nokia Developer Conference, 2nd March, Sydney Australia
    • Akademy KDE/Qt conference call for papers
    • Debian Etch rebuilt for Maemo
    • ...and 3 more
  4. Community
    • Testing Squad for maemo.org Extras created
    • February maemo.org sprint meeting minutes & actions online
  5. Devices
    • Porting Maemo's base to other chipsets/devices
    • Device quality assurance inside look
  6. Maemo in the Wild
    • 2009 Engadget awards - N900 nominee in 2 categories
    • A quick round up of the PUSH N900 Showcase last night
    • PUSH N900 London party pole-dancing robot video
  7. Announcements
    • Subscribe to MWKN to ensure you never miss an issue
    • Marina theme for Maemo 5
    • Hoops Frenzy available for $1.99
    • ...and 5 more
11 Add to favourites0 Bury]]> Andrew Flegg <andrew@bleb.org> feed:3e97844fb140de8423afbcb8ff62ccf8 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:00:00 +0000 http://maemo.org/midcom-permalink-0c66b306149d11df89649d068cfafd15fd15 maemo.org Extras Bug Jar 2010.06 http://www.octofish.net/bugjar/2010/02/maemoorg-extras-bug-jar-201006.html A Quick Look at Extras in Bugzilla
2010-02-01 through 2010-02-07

As of 2010-02-08 Extras contains 1264 items (+49 this week), including 583 open issues (+23 this week):

  • 373 open bugs (+20 this week)
    • 17 critical/blocker (+2 this week)
    • 2 "easyfix" (no change this week)
    • 4 "moreinfo" (+1 this week)
    • 0 "crash" (no change this week)
    • 4 "patch" (no change this week)
    • 4 reopened (no change this week)
    • 168 unconfirmed (+13 this week)
  • 210 open enhancements (+3 this week)
    • 1 "easyfix" (no change this week)
    • 1 "moreinfo" (no change this week)
    • 2 "patch" (no change this week)
    • 0 reopened (no change this week)
    • 62 unconfirmed (no change this week)

Top Tens

Ten biggest open bugs by number of votes:

  1. (8%) 7351 [Recorder] Recorder app closes automatically after few mins
  2. (5%) 7413 [ogg-support] Cover art not shown for Ogg Vorbis files
  3. (4%) 5181 [gPodder] Automatically download new episodes when on 'home' connection (+5 this week)
  4. (4%) 6511 [Canola] Unable to type text in Canola on N900 (-1 this week)
  5. (4%) 5774 [Xournal] Consider using /opt to store the application files (-1 this week)
  6. (4%) 8508 [The One Ring] Integration with System Contacts isn't working (new this week)
  7. (3%) 5673 [eCoach] Implement translation infrastructure (+2 this week)
  8. (3%) 6456 [ogg-support] Register audio/ogg mimetype to support *.oga Vorbis audio files (-3 this week)
  9. (2%) 4452 [Maemo Mapper] Default SQLite databases format is very slow, especially during maps pre-caching. (-3 this week)
  10. (2%) 4878 [Canola] Support new last.fm api (-3 this week)
Please visit bugs.maemo.org to vote. Registration is easy and free.

Ten biggest open enhancements by number of votes:

  1. (9%) 5453 [Hermes] Add google as a source for contact information (feature request)
  2. (6%) 7738 [FM Radio] Scan and auto-preset feature
  3. (5%) 6990 [Hermes] Request for LinkedIn as data source
  4. (5%) 5452 [Hermes] Don't overwrite pre-existing contact info (+1 this week)
  5. (5%) 5823 [Personal GPRS Monitor] programmable auto-reset (+5 this week)
  6. (5%) 6383 [PasswordSafe] Add support for V3 Format (+2 this week)
  7. (4%) 5018 [StockThis] Create a Desktop widget to display portfolio (-1 this week)
  8. (4%) 5045 [Conboy] Add undo and redo (-4 this week)
  9. (3%) 5564 [Dialcentral] Include links to the voice mail recordings in DC (-2 this week)
  10. (3%) 5230 [ogg-support] No proper tag support for vorbis (-1 this week)
Please visit bugs.maemo.org to vote. Registration is easy and free.

Ten hottest open bugs:

  1. 4726 [Mer] Mer Flash Installer, incompatible boot error
  2. 7505 [Mauku] Claims to be free, but ships no license and says 'You are NOT allowed to modify or redistribute the source code.'
  3. 4089 [Canola] SystemProperties plugin error crash after upgrade to beta11
  4. 8301 [Conboy] Note partly disappears - tag closed too early
  5. 7351 [Recorder] Recorder app closes automatically after few mins
  6. 4083 [Canola] cannot access to video and internet files after upgrade to 2.0.b11
  7. 8873 [PasswordSafe] Segmentation Fault on saving imported V2 Unicode files from Password Gorilla (new this week)
  8. 8722 [appdownloader] DNS ERROR IN APP MANAGER UPDATE (-1 this week)
  9. 3886 [Canola] Interface buttons disappeared: video, podcasts, internet media (-1 this week)
  10. 5278 [Mer] Frequent reboots on mer0.16 testing 6 JFFS version (-1 this week)

Ten hottest open enhancements:

  1. 6231 [Gonvert] Fat scrollbar used rather than making it pannable
  2. 4058 [Canola] Vertical lists are not scrolled properly
  3. 5004 [Attitude] Support theming to give spirit-level view
  4. 5045 [Conboy] Add undo and redo
  5. 5971 [Dialcentral] An easier way to import contact lists is needed
  6. 6109 [Gonvert] Support for Custom Units
  7. 6324 [FM Radio] Add up a delay option for TDT sync.
  8. 6319 [Quicknote] Highlight searched-for character strings in results
  9. 6383 [PasswordSafe] Add support for V3 Format
  10. 6479 [Quicknote] Import, export, send or share function

Ten oldest open bugs:

  1. 3472 [Advanced Backlight] LCARS and Hildon iconsets aren't complete
  2. 3886 [Canola] Interface buttons disappeared: video, podcasts, internet media
  3. 3974 [Browser Extras] webaddons category applications have inconsistent name convention
  4. 4005 [Canola] AudioBroadcast UPnP items not showing when browsing
  5. 4036 [Canola] Canola cannot properly merge multiple tracks into one album
  6. 4050 [mNotes] random comments about make/mnotes_framework
  7. 4064 [Maemo Mapper] "the the" is a typo in the first run page
  8. 4068 [Maemo Mapper] OK/Cancel references to another localization package break w/ fremantle - hildon_note_new_confirmation changed
  9. 4083 [Canola] cannot access to video and internet files after upgrade to 2.0.b11
  10. 4084 [Canola] Intermittent hangs on audio play

Ten oldest open enhancements:

  1. 4037 [Canola] Ability to switch between "Play Random Track" and "Album" mode
  2. 4058 [Canola] Vertical lists are not scrolled properly
  3. 4090 [Canola] Own radio stations and playlists are not supportet by canola last.fm plugin
  4. 4101 [Mer] zenity list should allow clicking in any column for radio and check lists
  5. 4103 [Mer] dpkg message for missing scripts is confusing
  6. 4117 [Canola] Tracks in playlists should be sortable by album and track
  7. 4255 [Canola] libre.fm support (instead of last.fm/audioscrobbler)
  8. 4335 [Mer] Armel slowness
  9. 4551 [Mer] Powerlaunch is unable to handle keyboard backlight.
  10. 4650 [Mer] Request for nbd kernel module

New Items

38 bugs were opened:

  • 8734 [Ukeyboard] Arabic Hardware not works with other lang else english
  • 8735 [Wormux] Crash with network games
  • 8737 [Microfeed] Too much disk space used by the .microfeed directory
  • 8738 [Qt] Installing libqt4-gui pulls in unnecessary packages
  • 8746 [Personal GPRS Monitor] Counter value overflow after 2^31 which is around 2GB
  • 8749 [Maetronome] Settings should be saved when Maetronome is closed
  • 8759 [kmplayer] kmplayer stops playing video after switching out and back
  • 8761 [FM Radio] After saving the first preset, scanning does not work anymore
  • 8779 [The One Ring] Can't configure polling options
  • 8780 [The One Ring] Viewing all unread messages on upgrade is kind of annoying
  • 8781 [The One Ring] grab_log Debug Command doesn't work
  • 8794 [bluetooth-dun] Event handler respawns too fast
  • 8795 [Panucci] Feature Request: Support for podacast Streaming
  • 8797 [The One Ring] Reports claim newer versions of Empathy don't work
  • 8800 [gPodder] Can't remove old episodes from gPodder if the corresponding file has been deleted
  • 8801 [SuperTux] Crash after passing last event in the slot 1
  • 8802 [SuperTux] Crash while closing superTux from application switcher panel
  • 8803 [Catorise] Catorise forced N900 in to a boot cycle
  • 8808 [FM Radio] Selected station lost after receiving a phone call
  • 8814 [PyGTKEditor] Line numbering starts from 0, not 1
  • 8815 [PyGTKEditor] Ctrl-S keyboard shortcut doesn't work
  • 8822 [FM Radio] Audio is routed to speakers also in media player (after FM radio is closed) when FM radio audio is routed to speakers
  • 8824 [Conversations Inbox] Inbox widget shows nothing...
  • 8847 [OmWeather] Incorrect station chosen from GPS
  • 8853 [Panucci] Panucci muted on bluetooth when a sound notification occures because of chating when using wireless
  • 8855 [Htop] htop does not respect or save xterm font settings
  • 8859 [Orrery] Setting Phone for location setup swaps orientation and closes program
  • 8861 [gPodder] Episodes can't stream on N900
  • 8867 [gPodder] Name resolution error in communication with my.gpodder.org server
  • 8871 [The One Ring] Can't configure The One Ring's advanced settings
  • 8873 [PasswordSafe] Segmentation Fault on saving imported V2 Unicode files from Password Gorilla
  • 8875 [gPodder] Unintuitive settings dialog
  • 8876 [gPodder] Can't download subscriptions from my.gpodder.org
  • 8882 [Vagalume] Music Tagged feature not working
  • 8883 [PyMaemo] Cython-generated shared library fails to load.
  • 8884 [mnemosyne] Program hangs during card review after "show answer".
  • 8895 [Conversations Inbox] Upgrading Conversations Inbox results in removing non-system widgets from desktops
  • 8900 [gPodder] discovery news feed doesn't show updates

Of these, 3 were critical/blockers:

  • 8803 [Catorise] Catorise forced N900 in to a boot cycle
  • 8876 [gPodder] Can't download subscriptions from my.gpodder.org
  • 8884 [mnemosyne] Program hangs during card review after "show answer".

11 enhancements were opened:

  • 8748 [Maetronome] Add +/- buttons next to the bar for selecting BPM
  • 8752 [100 Boxes] Add the possibility to disable sounds
  • 8753 [BurgerSpace] Add the possibility to disable sounds
  • 8754 [BurgerSpace] Automatically switch to English keyboard layout while playing BurgerSpace
  • 8755 [Countdown Timer] Make the app shortcut name shorter
  • 8762 [FM Radio] Cursor keys should behave consistently with on-screen buttons
  • 8783 [Catorise] Search for applications
  • 8811 [shortcutd] Add the possibility to launch every application
  • 8812 [shortcutd] Add the possibility to use the camera button complete pressure as shortcut
  • 8835 [Conversations Inbox] Add option to display mails in the widget, too
  • 8892 [Panucci] Feature Idea: Big Sleep Button

Resolved Bugs

12 bugs were resolved "fixed":

  • 4548 [MathJinni] Check whether maemo-select-menu-location is available before failing to install
  • 6073 [MaStory] Add automatically http:// to blog URL when it isn't added for the user
  • 6077 [StockThis] It's possible to add something to the Portfolio without setting a name
  • 6078 [StockThis] Settings (and portfolio data) should be saved with the backup.
  • 6985 [Pyrecipe] Unable to save shopping list
  • 8250 [Cinaest] Google movie times plugin never returns results
  • 8596 [The One Ring] Can't Text contacts
  • 8616 [maemo-org theme] System popups are unreadable because of the orange colour
  • 8735 [Wormux] Crash with network games
  • 8779 [The One Ring] Can't configure polling options
  • 8794 [bluetooth-dun] Event handler respawns too fast
  • 8859 [Orrery] Setting Phone for location setup swaps orientation and closes program

3 bugs were resolved "invalid":

  • 7768 [maemo-org theme] Theme changes Pidgin Internet Messenger chat background colour so text is unreadable
  • 7953 [maemo-org theme] maemo-org wasn't installed correctly and now its impossible to uninstall
  • 8734 [Ukeyboard] Arabic Hardware not works with other lang else english

0 bugs were resolved "wontfix".

0 bugs were resolved "duplicate".

0 bugs were resolved "worksforme".

0 bugs were resolved "moved".

Resolved Enhancements

4 enhancements were resolved "fixed":

  • 6076 [Pyrecipe] Modify the Recipe-list so that is works like other fremantle lists.
  • 6082 [Pyrecipe] move the icons in the Ingredients list to the bottom in landscape-mode
  • 8510 [The One Ring] Smarter Voicemail Polling
  • 8726 [Orrery] Help button would be useful

1 enhancement was resolved "invalid":

  • 8835 [Conversations Inbox] Add option to display mails in the widget, too

2 enhancements were resolved "wontfix":

  • 6388 [Hermes] Keyboard search/filter does not work
  • 8783 [Catorise] Search for applications

0 enhancements were resolved "duplicate".

0 enhancements were resolved "worksforme".

0 enhancements were resolved "moved".

Confirmed Items

6 bugs were confirmed:

  • 8794 [bluetooth-dun] Event handler respawns too fast
  • 8795 [Panucci] Feature Request: Support for podacast Streaming
  • 8800 [gPodder] Can't remove old episodes from gPodder if the corresponding file has been deleted
  • 8802 [SuperTux] Crash while closing superTux from application switcher panel
  • 8859 [Orrery] Setting Phone for location setup swaps orientation and closes program
  • 8871 [The One Ring] Can't configure The One Ring's advanced settings

3 enhancements were confirmed:

  • 8711 [Cinaest] show directors, writers, main actors
  • 8712 [Cinaest] search IMdb by people
  • 8752 [100 Boxes] Add the possibility to disable sounds

Reopened Items

0 bugs were reopened.

0 enhancements were reopened.

Unloved Items

10 bugs were needing love:

  • 8722 [appdownloader] DNS ERROR IN APP MANAGER UPDATE
  • 7729 [PyMaemo] no signals from python-conic or python-location
  • 7148 [Personal Photo Frame] only set number of photos on loop
  • 4844 [Load Applet] shows swap icon (floppy) even after swap is no longer in use
  • 7356 [Zoutube] Audio loss on pressing the volume +/- buttons
  • 4377 [Mer] Deselecting dropdown menu plugin crashes desktop
  • 4155 [Canola] Canola videocast not finding items within some feeds
  • 8598 [Gonvert] After updated govert, unable to boot
  • 8719 [Maemo Mapper] "Help..." and "About..." buttons don't work at all
  • 8884 [mnemosyne] Program hangs during card review after "show answer".

10 enhancements were needing love:

  • 6081 [Pyrecipe] Interpret a click outside Delete/Clear dialog as 'No'/'Cancel'
  • 4255 [Canola] libre.fm support (instead of last.fm/audioscrobbler)
  • 6991 [Hermes] Request for Plaxo as data source
  • 8224 [Hermes] Support for getting orkut contact details with Hermes
  • 6512 [gPodder] Saving OPML files for later use
  • 6926 [OmWeather] Add visual moon phase to the applet
  • 7242 [gPodder] Gpodder Network Proxy Support
  • 8637 [freecell4maemo] Cards should be draggable using touchscreen
  • 8753 [BurgerSpace] Add the possibility to disable sounds
  • 8612 [Countdown Timer] Add portrait mode to Countdown Timer

Keyworded Items

(glossary)

0 bugs were tagged "crash".

0 bugs were tagged "easyfix".

1 bug was tagged "moreinfo":

  • 8803 [Catorise] Catorise forced N900 in to a boot cycle

0 bugs were tagged "patch".

0 bugs were tagged "performance".

0 bugs were tagged "security".

0 enhancements were tagged "easyfix".

0 enhancements were tagged "moreinfo".

0 enhancements were tagged "patch".

0 enhancements were tagged "performance".

This summary is also posted to the Maemo developers' list and talk.maemo.org. 8 Add to favourites0 Bury]]> Stephen Gadsby <sjgadsby@ptdprolog.net> feed:92758f42b900fe90ec500065e7ba5bc5 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:04:00 +0000 http://maemo.org/midcom-permalink-a1e35e14147c11df993adf742790d3bed3be Maemo Official Applications Bug Jar 2010.06 http://www.octofish.net/bugjar/2010/02/maemo-official-applications-bu-61.html A Quick Look at Maemo Official Applications in Bugzilla
2010-02-01 through 2010-02-07

As of 2010-02-08 Maemo Official Applications contains 2914 items (+64 this week), including 866 open issues (-3 this week):

  • 511 open bugs (-14 this week)
    • 13 critical/blocker (-1 this week)
    • 1 "easyfix" (no change this week)
    • 129 "moreinfo" (+20 this week)
    • 7 "crash" (no change this week)
    • 9 "patch" (-1 this week)
    • 19 reopened (-1 this week)
    • 204 unconfirmed (-6 this week)
  • 355 open enhancements (+11 this week)
    • 2 "easyfix" (no change this week)
    • 10 "moreinfo" (+2 this week)
    • 14 "patch" (-1 this week)
    • 13 reopened (+1 this week)
    • 77 unconfirmed (+6 this week)

Top Tens

Ten biggest open bugs by number of votes:

  1. (11%) 5337 Ovi Maps gives up finding GPS lock too soon
  2. (10%) 3888 IMAP-IDLE not working
  3. (3%) 5480 undo/un-merge merged contacts
  4. (3%) 2962 Not able to open Maps application with contacts location as a search string
  5. (2%) 6823 media player won't play any video files now (.avi) divx / xvid (+1 this week)
  6. (2%) 3700 Put signatures not on top in replies (thereby not forcing top-post) (-1 this week)
  7. (2%) 3557 Browser tops its windows by itself (N8x0)
  8. (2%) 5033 Select/Copy text within email is nonintuitive/broken (+1 this week)
  9. (2%) 8126 OVI Maps spins when not Moving (+1 this week)
  10. (2%) 3762 Performance is unusable on IMAP accounts with a large number of messages in one or more folders (e.g. INBOX) (new this week)
Please visit bugs.maemo.org to vote. Registration is easy and free.

Ten biggest open enhancements by number of votes:

  1. (3%) 601 should offer remove/install multiple packages at once
  2. (3%) 5139 Provide multi-user chat (chatroom / IRC) support again
  3. (3%) 1235 Please consider open-sourcing the media player
  4. (2%) 7002 Change "swipe from right" behaviour to "back one page" through browser history (+2 this week)
  5. (2%) 1129 Media player doesn't save the timeposition on close for audio
  6. (2%) 5797 Stop music player when unplugging the earphones (-2 this week)
  7. (2%) 5294 Support for modifying/deleting a single occurrence of repeating event
  8. (2%) 2796 Media player should play audio tracks continuously (gapless) (+1 this week)
  9. (2%) 5327 Reintroduce shortcut configuration into Maemo5 XTerm (-1 this week)
  10. (2%) 5345 Enable or disable IM/VoIP accounts based on connection
Please visit bugs.maemo.org to vote. Registration is easy and free.

Ten hottest open bugs:

  1. 8893 Email attachments attached in mailbody cant be saved (new this week)
  2. 6823 media player won't play any video files now (.avi) divx / xvid (-1 this week)
  3. 8747 Ringing tone selector crashes Settings application (new this week)
  4. 2962 Not able to open Maps application with contacts location as a search string (-1 this week)
  5. 8165 gst-video-thumbnailerd locks a media playback even for files from camera application (-1 this week)
  6. 8002 Being offline, RSS Reader tries to connect for refresh unconditionally (-1 this week)
  7. 6898 Sometimes auto-update intervals are lost (new this week)
  8. 7189 web browser crashes viewing image-heavy websites. (-1 this week)
  9. 5385 Check available diskspace BEFORE starting the installation (-1 this week)
  10. 7275 Flickr sharing authentication (almost) didn't work (-1 this week)

Ten hottest open enhancements:

  1. 463 Date format should be user defined (+3 this week)
  2. 1129 Media player doesn't save the timeposition on close for audio (+3 this week)
  3. 1235 Please consider open-sourcing the media player (+3 this week)
  4. 1563 Application installer to send feedback to the providing site if install fails (-3 this week)
  5. 2317 Chat doesn't show and for chatting contact (+2 this week)
  6. 2779 Modest doesn't support S/MIME encryption (+2 this week)
  7. 3089 Add Contact and/or Map link to alarm (+2 this week)
  8. 4211 There should be a desktop widget for mail (like rss) (+2 this week)
  9. 5139 Provide multi-user chat (chatroom / IRC) support again (new this week)
  10. 5321 Annoying "connection lost/established" banners (new this week)

Ten oldest open bugs:

  1. 304 Automatic proxy configuration URL not obeyed by RSS feed reader
  2. 935 RSS reader misbehavior on HTTP redirects (RFC 2616 violation)
  3. 1142 Impossible to add authenticated RSS feeds (username & password)
  4. 1860 Won't pass through VPN
  5. 2150 PDF Reader doesn't support internal document hyperlinks
  6. 2152 Documentation on how to build MicroB is not correct
  7. 2223 Changing device name impossible when in offline mode or bluetooth off
  8. 2962 Not able to open Maps application with contacts location as a search string
  9. 2987 Does not always mark e-mails as read (dovecot/cyrus/google IMAP server)
  10. 3014 File chooser should remember last directory

Ten oldest open enhancements:

  1. 339 Browser able to access localhost without Internet connectivity
  2. 463 Date format should be user defined
  3. 601 should offer remove/install multiple packages at once
  4. 604 Renaming files by changing only case should be allowed
  5. 718 Supporting Jabber through proxy
  6. 761 Please add support for 'fit visible' option to PDF reader
  7. 960 specify socks proxy for Google Talk (to work behind firewall)
  8. 972 Manage all accounts (Email etc) in Control Panel's Account settings
  9. 1117 xml to html xslt needs to handle opml files
  10. 1118 Address book should support importing either LDIF or LDAP

New Items

51 bugs were opened:

  • 8739 Cannot embed Media player in web page with HTML
  • 8744 Not possible to change order of phone numbers in contact
  • 8747 Ringing tone selector crashes Settings application
  • 8750 wrong 'enter' behavior with onscreen keyboard and x terminal
  • 8760 Sip client stopped working properly after firmware upgrade to 2.2009.51-1
  • 8763 Back yields grayed page
  • 8764 Back doesn't work if no connection (memory cache not taken into account)
  • 8765 too difficult to scroll the about:config page
  • 8769 Screen unlocked at the end of a call
  • 8770 Drag across pages
  • 8774 Delete button location different for new and overdue items
  • 8775 Skype profile based phone numbers with spaces don't identify caller
  • 8776 inbox shows "expunged" e-mails with imap account
  • 8782 "New mail" Notification doesn't update when additional new mails are available
  • 8784 Browser crashes while changing system theme
  • 8785 setting an empty status message does not update presence
  • 8786 Merged Facebook Contacts duplicate after restarting device
  • 8789 Long, text-only e-mails display incorrectly after a certain length
  • 8790 App Manager Update to often
  • 8805 HAM says: Write error - write (28 No space left on device)
  • 8809 No proper visual feedback for selecting SIP provider when more than one is present
  • 8810 tag cloud is not deletable
  • 8813 not possible to choose provider for calling
  • 8816 xterminal - "pgup" "pgdn" don't work
  • 8817 Now playing screen shows Album Artist rather than Artist
  • 8818 Add view to display music collection grouped by Artist (not AlbumArtist!)
  • 8820 Map route fail when crosing bridges in Vancouver
  • 8821 Reflow / Wrap text in Browser after zooming
  • 8823 Bad icon display in conversation application
  • 8826 Deleted conversation reincarnate when you text the contact
  • 8828 Unable to remove a skype only contact from server
  • 8829 Unable to remove a skype contact included in a non skype contact from server
  • 8830 Dialer does not accept MMI codes (*#) from 3GPP TS 22.030
  • 8833 Can't retreive contact using osso_abook_aggregator_find_contacts_for_im_contact() with defined McAccount in ready state.
  • 8836 Add reactivate option for IM accounts logged out by another location
  • 8838 Can't stream webradio bandit.se Windows Media stream
  • 8843 Application sizes are incorrect
  • 8844 Wrong AVATAR shown when number on multiple contacts set
  • 8845 Cannot read sim card contacts
  • 8846 MP4 audio files misidentified as video files
  • 8854 Jabber opens unnecessary proxy connections
  • 8858 Handwritting appears as blank message in the conversation when using haze msn plugin by pidgin package.
  • 8860 Calendar does not update when date changes
  • 8870 Does not save correct settings after installation of an application
  • 8874 Sort dialog is not showing the last selected sort option
  • 8877 Volume buttons should work in camera window when lens cover is not opened
  • 8881 Media player widget does not play song after being dormant for a while.
  • 8888 Can't use Skype to call back anyone in call log
  • 8889 New event in calendar causes crash when using bg_BG locales
  • 8891 Application manager's restore popup ignores clicks on checkbox icons
  • 8893 Email attachments attached in mailbody cant be saved

Of these, 2 were critical/blockers:

  • 8747 Ringing tone selector crashes Settings application
  • 8893 Email attachments attached in mailbody cant be saved

16 enhancements were opened:

  • 8733 Easier entry of new calendar items.
  • 8741 Unable to see the clock easily while playing a movie
  • 8743 No way to get contact informations from IM system
  • 8745 Change file name format of taken photos and videos
  • 8751 Sent items should go into Sent folder on SERVER
  • 8766 ability to choose the preferred languages permanently (intl.accept_languages)
  • 8777 Add support for "Priority" field in tasks
  • 8796 Notification of shared photos to service
  • 8799 Shuffle all songs always starts play from the first song in the playlist
  • 8819 Add a view to music player to group music by year
  • 8850 Ovi Maps search history
  • 8851 Maps do not use software keyboard
  • 8852 volume/song control during locked device
  • 8864 missing functionality of full text search through contacts information
  • 8868 cannot create calendar entry from received email
  • 8894 Order completed tasks in decending date order

Resolved Bugs

28 bugs were resolved "fixed":

  • 5847 Automatic phone launch by rotation not always working
  • 6317 map search feature should set focus to search text input field
  • 6412 Unable to import multiple contacts from contact files
  • 6598 Browser should display passwords one character at a time like other applications
  • 6673 Sometimes web pages aren't fully loaded, even if the browser's address field progress bar is no longer animating
  • 6702 email application does not see folders on imap4 with namespace
  • 6743 Screen sometimes flickers when scrolling through bookmarks triggers rubber banding
  • 6769 Can't answer a phone call with a short caller ID
  • 6920 Problem when streaming video from RTSP servers
  • 6936 Caller voice gets minced after some time when taking call via SIP
  • 7227 Contact names do not resolve correctly when country code is prefixed.
  • 7375 account-plugin-butterfly - delete contacts doesn't work
  • 7480 Entries with more than 2 lines mix up with each other
  • 7794 After adding tags & editing details, photos are taken in January 1970 instead of January 2010 (EXIF data intact)
  • 7933 Conversation IM window is not responding when Select contact dialog is displayed in background
  • 8022 Making a SIP call crashes osso-addressbook
  • 8115 Having a modal dialog in background, Alarm dialog blocks entire UI => battery removal
  • 8117 Browser doesn't show progress indicator when user selects url from urlbar completion list
  • 8276 Imported SSL Certificates not recognized after PR1.1
  • 8383 Rubberbanding (kinetic effect) immediately resets if Flash content is visible
  • 8495 "SIP audio" buttons active with no SIP accounts active
  • 8525 Media Player is not playing WMV Video streams but KMPlayer can
  • 8574 Subfolders of Zimbra IMAP server not appearing/not available
  • 8594 skype username not accepted (nc)
  • 8683 Browser crashes when browsing some websites
  • 8763 Back yields grayed page
  • 8784 Browser crashes while changing system theme
  • 8845 Cannot read sim card contacts
(nc) indicates the bug no longer has listed status.

6 bugs were resolved "invalid":

  • 8614 'To:' button does not work properly
  • 8770 Drag across pages
  • 8813 not possible to choose provider for calling
  • 8816 xterminal - "pgup" "pgdn" don't work
  • 8836 Add reactivate option for IM accounts logged out by another location
  • 8858 Handwritting appears as blank message in the conversation when using haze msn plugin by pidgin package.

7 bugs were resolved "wontfix":

  • 3439 Connects to Audio but does not play sound when successfully installing package
  • 7247 disabling audio output should not disable audio input
  • 8197 Skype does not set online status
  • 8210 Some streams work and some don't on svtplay.se (windows media)
  • 8500 Volume buttons do not work as expected when answering a call while in landscape mode
  • 8765 too difficult to scroll the about:config page
  • 8821 Reflow / Wrap text in Browser after zooming (nc)
(nc) indicates the bug no longer has listed status.

12 bugs were resolved "duplicate":

  • 6966 Passwords not being hashed out upon entry
  • 7824 Not possible to move email to IMAP sub-folder
  • 8336 Updating stops after some time for imap accounts
  • 8665 Media Player violates the RDS specification by abusing the PS field for dynamic text
  • 8710 Keyboard (Onscreen & Slider) is not working as expected in Ovi Maps;
  • 8769 Screen unlocked at the end of a call
  • 8775 Skype profile based phone numbers with spaces don't identify caller
  • 8786 Merged Facebook Contacts duplicate after restarting device
  • 8789 Long, text-only e-mails display incorrectly after a certain length
  • 8810 tag cloud is not deletable
  • 8830 Dialer does not accept MMI codes (*#) from 3GPP TS 22.030 (nc)
  • 8888 Can't use Skype to call back anyone in call log
(nc) indicates the bug no longer has listed status.

6 bugs were resolved "worksforme":

  • 4859 Offline mode not changing to online
  • 5348 Trouble connecting to Fritz!Box SIP server
  • 5382 SomaFM internet radio track display on the desktop widget broken
  • 8152 Artefacts on IM/SMS/E-MAIL notifications
  • 8594 skype username not accepted
  • 8821 Reflow / Wrap text in Browser after zooming

0 bugs were resolved "moved".

Resolved Enhancements

2 enhancements were resolved "fixed":

  • 3285 "Copy and Paste" menu option would be useful (nc)
  • 7342 Volume keys trigger zooming in an open Conversation
(nc) indicates the enhancement no longer has listed status.

0 enhancements were resolved "invalid".

2 enhancements were resolved "wontfix":

  • 3631 Better server communication progress feedback for slow links
  • 8741 Unable to see the clock easily while playing a movie

5 enhancements were resolved "duplicate":

  • 8297 Allow free-form text in phone number fields
  • 8655 Space not allowed in contact number
  • 8751 Sent items should go into Sent folder on SERVER
  • 8851 Maps do not use software keyboard
  • 8864 missing functionality of full text search through contacts information

2 enhancements were resolved "worksforme":

  • 4118 Support Gmail VideoCall signalling
  • 8741 Unable to see the clock easily while playing a movie (nc)
(nc) indicates the enhancement no longer has listed status.

4 enhancements were resolved "moved":

  • 7434 Calendar week view should not start at 08:00 all day long
  • 7945 hs-45 headset music controls donot work with the music player
  • 8732 Easier navigation between calendar views
  • 8733 Easier entry of new calendar items.

Confirmed Items

13 bugs were confirmed:

  • 5719 Can't access browser Settings or History from the Bookmarks window
  • 5839 Modest gets stuck updating POP3 mailboxes
  • 6702 email application does not see folders on imap4 with namespace
  • 6814 File Manager cannot rename from the top menu
  • 7378 "move email" only possible to INBOX or to local folders, not to imap or exchange folders
  • 8092 Cannot collapse imap folder view
  • 8492 Change of country works only once a session
  • 8555 Height of initial progress bar too large
  • 8706 Maps does not remember Units of measurement setting after restarting
  • 8747 Ringing tone selector crashes Settings application
  • 8764 Back doesn't work if no connection (memory cache not taken into account)
  • 8817 Now playing screen shows Album Artist rather than Artist
  • 8844 Wrong AVATAR shown when number on multiple contacts set

6 enhancements were confirmed:

  • 7195 Please allow non-digits in phone numbers
  • 7994 make image viewer pan like the desktop does as opposed to all or nothing swipe left or right
  • 8309 No way to copy status messages of contacts
  • 8323 SMS To: Field should auto-complete from Contacts
  • 8743 No way to get contact informations from IM system
  • 8777 Add support for "Priority" field in tasks

Reopened Items

0 bugs were reopened.

1 enhancement was reopened:

  • 3285 "Copy and Paste" menu option would be useful

Unloved Items

10 bugs were needing love:

  • 5276 hildon-games-wrapper crashes in hgw_conf_request_string if gconf key has no value
  • 8776 inbox shows "expunged" e-mails with imap account
  • 8877 Volume buttons should work in camera window when lens cover is not opened
  • 7697 Media Player UI stays in connecting state when resuming stream playback with WLAN disconnected.
  • 8705 Alarms for birthdays can only be set one day before
  • 8838 Can't stream webradio bandit.se Windows Media stream
  • 8860 Calendar does not update when date changes
  • 8870 Does not save correct settings after installation of an application
  • 8345 Call with Skype - should say Call "Work, Home or Cell" with Skype
  • 8826 Deleted conversation reincarnate when you text the contact

10 enhancements were needing love:

  • 5817 Sorting rss feeds by non-read or keep-for-later
  • 7258 Add a "clear local cache" option
  • 7456 Contacts should be editable, independent of how they were shown
  • 7770 Delete history item option is missing in history window
  • 8267 Ability to export calendars with a single iCalendar object
  • 8600 Limit map search to country and state and suburb
  • 8796 Notification of shared photos to service
  • 8852 volume/song control during locked device
  • 7935 Notification disappears even when there are unread conversations
  • 8662 No way to block a contact from the Chat UI

Keyworded Items

(glossary)

3 bugs were tagged "crash":

  • 8653 Media Player crashed when viewing UPNP contents.
  • 8683 Browser crashes when browsing some websites
  • 8747 Ringing tone selector crashes Settings application

0 bugs were tagged "easyfix".

41 bugs were tagged "moreinfo":

  • 3762 Performance is unusable on IMAP accounts with a large number of messages in one or more folders (e.g. INBOX)
  • 4935 alarmtool query operation returns "No events." even when events exist
  • 5772 Image viewer inconsistently displays non-N900 images
  • 6273 Dialog does not disappear immediately after resubmitting HTTP POST
  • 6654 IMAP accounts not updated (new messages) after some time
  • 6682 Typing in web-based text input fields isn't as seamless as when using a desktop/laptop computer
  • 6920 Problem when streaming video from RTSP servers
  • 6977 Importing an updated VCard causes contact duplication
  • 7093 Pressing the email subject does nothing
  • 7189 web browser crashes viewing image-heavy websites.
  • 7310 Message delivery reports show 'Delivered' even when message is 'Pending'.
  • 7363 From a streaming mp3 audio doesn't play after time code change and rebuffer, pause/play needed to get audio
  • 7438 URL context menu not always shown when tapping on URL/link
  • 7480 Entries with more than 2 lines mix up with each other
  • 7709 Notification button not opening email after Lock when Modest in foreground
  • 7956 web browser showing empty page (+high cpu usage by browserd)
  • 7957 Messaging doesn't display message threads (+high cpu usage)
  • 8035 Selecting song in media player doesn't cause song to play
  • 8104 Browser portrait mode makes it stop working after a while
  • 8360 The maximum year in Calendar is 2037
  • 8595 Contact phone numbers imported with dash in phone number cannot be edited
  • 8610 Embedded images not shown in Mail For Exchange's email body but as attachment
  • 8615 telepathy-sofia uses lots of memory and causes the phone to swap
  • 8639 Media player does not pick up media on the Micro SD card after Maemo 5.0/(2.2009.51-1.002) update
  • 8640 Camera storage location reset to memory card after reboot
  • 8654 Return call from call log does not display avatar and therefore all call options
  • 8657 Often no auto-capitalization, never get word-completion in SMS
  • 8671 Deletion of messages should move first those items to "Deleted Items" folder
  • 8724 The contacts menu appears on top of desktop.
  • 8725 Media Player shows the same UPNP server twice in the main view when the server is restarted.
  • 8750 wrong 'enter' behavior with onscreen keyboard and x terminal
  • 8760 Sip client stopped working properly after firmware upgrade to 2.2009.51-1
  • 8785 setting an empty status message does not update presence
  • 8786 Merged Facebook Contacts duplicate after restarting device
  • 8790 App Manager Update to often
  • 8805 HAM says: Write error - write (28 No space left on device)
  • 8820 Map route fail when crosing bridges in Vancouver
  • 8823 Bad icon display in conversation application
  • 8843 Application sizes are incorrect
  • 8845 Cannot read sim card contacts
  • 8858 Handwritting appears as blank message in the conversation when using haze msn plugin by pidgin package.

0 bugs were tagged "patch".

1 bug was tagged "performance":

  • 7556 When multiple email notifications occur the device is unusable

0 bugs were tagged "security".

0 enhancements were tagged "easyfix".

3 enhancements were tagged "moreinfo":

  • 3686 No newline when pressing 'Return' in X-terminal under scratchbox
  • 4913 Add transparent full screen keyboard option to XTerm
  • 8581 Reduce XMPP data packets to save battery

0 enhancements were tagged "patch".

1 enhancement was tagged "performance":

  • 7556 When multiple email notifications occur the device is unusable

This summary is also posted to the Maemo developers' list and talk.maemo.org. 8 Add to favourites0 Bury]]> Stephen Gadsby <sjgadsby@ptdprolog.net> feed:92758f42b900fe90ec500065e7ba5bc5 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:02:00 +0000 http://maemo.org/midcom-permalink-29b6be84147411dfab9dfb1a9acdfc34fc34 Maemo Official Platform Bug Jar 2010.06 http://www.octofish.net/bugjar/2010/02/maemo-official-platform-bug-ja-61.html A Quick Look at Maemo Official Platform in Bugzilla
2010-02-01 through 2010-02-07

As of 2010-02-08 Maemo Official Platform contains 3008 items (+48 this week), including 673 open issues (-10 this week):

  • 486 open bugs (-15 this week)
    • 28 critical/blocker (no change this week)
    • 6 "easyfix" (no change this week)
    • 102 "moreinfo" (+4 this week)
    • 24 "crash" (+3 this week)
    • 21 "patch" (+1 this week)
    • 18 reopened (-1 this week)
    • 156 unconfirmed (-14 this week)
  • 187 open enhancements (+5 this week)
    • 1 "easyfix" (no change this week)
    • 6 "moreinfo" (+1 this week)
    • 4 "patch" (no change this week)
    • 8 reopened (-1 this week)
    • 31 unconfirmed (+5 this week)

Top Tens

Ten biggest open bugs by number of votes:

  1. (5%) 7026 Can't get a GPS lock with several satellites at view
  2. (5%) 5982 Phone unlocked when receiving call
  3. (4%) 6685 Generic pc105 layout is not supported
  4. (3%) 5880 A2DP unstable when WiFi is on.
  5. (3%) 6766 Bluetooth Audio Very Choppy and Stuttering
  6. (3%) 5838 Certain directory entries are duplicated (listed twice / doubled) (+2 this week)
  7. (2%) 6063 voice calls inaudible most of the time, but not through speakers or earplugs (new this week)
  8. (2%) 7972 Kernel in PR1.1 build-depends on fiasco-gen which is nowhere to be found (+1 this week)
  9. (2%) 8011 Changing volume without unlocking the phone no longer works (new this week)
  10. (2%) 7633 Enable SmartReflex on N900 by default
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Ten biggest open enhancements by number of votes:

  1. (7%) 1695 Browser: Provide "open link in background"
  2. (5%) 6368 No way for car kit to access contact information (PBAP) (+1 this week)
  3. (5%) 5371 Allow same shortcut to be used on multiple home screen desktops (+1 this week)
  4. (4%) 6357 HildonPannableArea: Support arrow keys (in Image Viewer/Photos) (+1 this week)
  5. (3%) 5835 Mail for Exchange does not Sync all Information for Google Contacts (new this week)
  6. (3%) 793 lock screen should have 'if lost' info (e.g. display owner contact info)
  7. (3%) 1043 Add priority to defined wifi connections
  8. (3%) 5422 Disconnect inactive internet connections after idle timeout (+1 this week)
  9. (3%) 5791 Unable to set alternate APN (-1 this week)
  10. (3%) 6376 Mention that Keyboard arrow keys + Ctrl move between text entry fields
Please visit bugs.maemo.org to vote. Registration is easy and free.

Ten hottest open bugs:

  1. 8899 Limited keymap with wireless configuration (new this week)
  2. 8887 Phone features not responding (new this week)
  3. 4607 Sbrsh not included in Fremantle SDK devkits (CPU Transparency not working) (-1 this week)
  4. 7773 GLES libraries missing from MADDE (no Qt 4.6 app can be linked) (-1 this week)
  5. 8898 When connecting N900 to a Windows 7 x64 PC, it doesn't always show up in mass storage mode (new this week)
  6. 7971 mail for exchange freezes when trying to sync calendar and tasks (-1 this week)
  7. 6455 Mic doesn't work after a full charge with standard n900 charger (-1 this week)
  8. 7896 Vodafone UK (205) varient firmware not available for update or download (-1 this week)
  9. 7972 Kernel in PR1.1 build-depends on fiasco-gen which is nowhere to be found (-1 this week)
  10. 6806 Cannot turn on device while charging (-1 this week)

Ten hottest open enhancements:

  1. 793 lock screen should have 'if lost' info (e.g. display owner contact info)
  2. 356 Kernel lacks IPv6 support
  3. 995 DNS resolution ignores local domain
  4. 1043 Add priority to defined wifi connections
  5. 1050 "Connect automatically" should be connection specific
  6. 1249 Maemo does not have persistent state
  7. 1574 Certificate Manager and WLAN EAP-TLS
  8. 1695 Browser: Provide "open link in background"
  9. 2043 Development environment should support x86_64 and other non-x86 platforms
  10. 2076 Adding file directories (i.e. Documents, MMC) to Task Launcher/Navigator

Ten oldest open bugs:

  1. 657 TN inferring WMClass from Exec is prone to breakage, it should ignore quotes
  2. 796 Fix hard-coded paths in osso-af-startup build files
  3. 1045 Media player breaks the original sorting of songs in a CD
  4. 1792 chage assumes shadow passwords enabled, hence fails
  5. 2051 Unable to connect to EAP PEAP MSCHAPV2 without certificates
  6. 2168 API needs destroy functions for user data
  7. 2322 Incorrect D-Bus interface/namespace usage for org.freedesktop.Notifications extensions
  8. 2441 Apps failing to launch without any feedback why it failed
  9. 2468 scratchbox should not include windres for arm
  10. 2501 Hardware keyboard doesn't switch Input language when pressing Ctrl+Space

Ten oldest open enhancements:

  1. 356 Kernel lacks IPv6 support
  2. 700 Split busybox into busybox and busybox_root
  3. 708 Connection icon should show signalstrength
  4. 793 lock screen should have 'if lost' info (e.g. display owner contact info)
  5. 995 DNS resolution ignores local domain
  6. 1043 Add priority to defined wifi connections
  7. 1050 "Connect automatically" should be connection specific
  8. 1109 Use english strings if locale does not exist after restore (instead of logical strings)
  9. 1232 preferences for listing networks in "selection connection" window
  10. 1249 Maemo does not have persistent state

New Items

40 bugs were opened:

  • 8736 Word prediction doesn't work after a non-alphabetic character
  • 8740 SDK didn't work correct, just black screen with lonely Twitter shortcut.
  • 8742 New E-mail Format translated illogically
  • 8756 HW watchdog reboots and kernel oops caused resets which result in file system corruption?
  • 8757 Pressing "More..." does not open the programs list
  • 8758 Issues with dialing carries shortcuts like #646#
  • 8767 Inconsistent playback of Key Clicks (sound)
  • 8771 Call ending problem
  • 8772 Pulseaudio uses CPU when no sound playing
  • 8773 Error on initial setup of Mail for Exchange
  • 8778 Automatic disconnection from the Internet
  • 8787 random but frequent HW watchdog reboots ("32wd_to"), in "specific" network environment
  • 8788 Maemo5 packages have Debian maintainers listed but are not from Debian
  • 8798 XVideo output blinks on geometry changes
  • 8804 Wrong cursor position when clearing selections
  • 8807 Hardware keyboard doesn't use languages from text-input settings
  • 8831 Can not dial #646# to check minutes or #674# for sms count (t-mobile).
  • 8832 Reverse name format for Contact Sync
  • 8834 Receiving files via bluetooth while connected to computer via USB
  • 8840 Low battery sound-alert pause mediaplayer while music is playing and dont continue playing after.
  • 8841 opening the device from power button go to wrong place
  • 8842 The voume button up and down change the voume up and down depending on which orientation the Phone app is in.
  • 8848 omap2_mcspi drains battery after WiFi disconnects
  • 8849 Multiple entries with same content are created when activating protocols
  • 8856 no shadow, apparently no MD5 either
  • 8862 Music, videos and pictures aren't appearing in my default media player.
  • 8863 Applications menu gets stuck into "more"
  • 8865 More option doesn't work always
  • 8866 Unexpectly synchronizing with Exchange 2003 aborts and reports error
  • 8869 After sync with Outlook every contact have set RTF format of mail
  • 8878 wget is in maemo extras but not optified
  • 8879 Cannot connect to Personal Area Network with supplied bluez, since pand is missing; bluez-utils-test not available
  • 8880 cannot create a WiFi connection in offline mode
  • 8885 Bad noise while network activity using DUN and playinng music at the same time
  • 8887 Phone features not responding
  • 8890 Device becomes unlocked when plugged into charger
  • 8896 Microphone is dead
  • 8897 Security hole - Password
  • 8898 When connecting N900 to a Windows 7 x64 PC, it doesn't always show up in mass storage mode
  • 8899 Limited keymap with wireless configuration

Of these, 4 were critical/blockers:

  • 8862 Music, videos and pictures aren't appearing in my default media player.
  • 8887 Phone features not responding
  • 8896 Microphone is dead
  • 8899 Limited keymap with wireless configuration

5 enhancements were opened:

  • 8792 Think twice about using Moblin's connman for M2
  • 8827 Please support Kerberos by default
  • 8837 Voice mail number not stored in dial key "1"
  • 8839 Feature Request
  • 8857 SIM Services Can not be found

Resolved Bugs

20 bugs were resolved "fixed":

  • 4608 HildonBanner does not except NULL value for deprecated icon argument
  • 5173 HildonPickerDialog selects the first item always if appended into shown widget
  • 5457 Skype: "Incorrect address" for phone numbers missing the country code in Contacts
  • 5550 "Not enough memory in target location" when receiving image from Nokia SU-1B using Bluetooth
  • 6365 maemo-xinput-sounds uses all available CPU
  • 6467 MfE connection wizard fails to connect to Exchange2007 with "allow non-provisional devices" set
  • 7350 MADDE 0.5's dpkg replacement does not work with --search reliably
  • 7637 pscreate writes a localized, invalid trailer line into debian/changelog
  • 7707 maemo-optify-deb produces recursive symlink for plugins in derivative packages
  • 7774 Can't run GLES applications under madde environment
  • 7807 location-test-gui missing in Maemo 5.0update2
  • 7821 Library search path wrong
  • 8038 Unlocking screen using power button/touch slide tops last application when on the desktop
  • 8390 Fast search on the desktop doesn't work with cyrillic (???????) layout
  • 8415 Cannot install MADDE to different directory than the default
  • 8623 hildon-1 pkg-config configuration broken
  • 8727 Dead Link
  • 8731 Memory leaks in widget HildonAnimationActor
  • 8742 New E-mail Format translated illogically
  • 8773 Error on initial setup of Mail for Exchange (nc)
(nc) indicates the bug no longer has listed status.

8 bugs were resolved "invalid":

  • 6308 (native-)gdb doesn't see argc/argv with gcc optimization -O1 or higher
  • 8105 Location function won't turn off
  • 8473 After upgrade, DHCP client hostname still showing previous version
  • 8620 PR1.1 upgrade rendered status LED useless
  • 8644 Bluetooth disconnects from hands free and unable to transfer contacts to handsfree
  • 8656 Media player: "Add items to current playlist" shown when there are no clips
  • 8740 SDK didn't work correct, just black screen with lonely Twitter shortcut.
  • 8807 Hardware keyboard doesn't use languages from text-input settings

5 bugs were resolved "wontfix":

  • 3415 device crashes after standby period
  • 6206 BME exit causing reboot when charger plugged in
  • 6216 Statusbar applet can only change USB mode from "charging only" state
  • 6698 N810 sometimes switches off
  • 8577 Scanning for IAPs interrupts A2DP playback

8 bugs were resolved "duplicate":

  • 8354 apt-get update fails on Fremantle SDK
  • 8627 Network connection dialog pops up on every update with no active WLAN connection
  • 8758 Issues with dialing carries shortcuts like #646#
  • 8772 Pulseaudio uses CPU when no sound playing
  • 8831 Can not dial #646# to check minutes or #674# for sms count (t-mobile).
  • 8841 opening the device from power button go to wrong place
  • 8842 The voume button up and down change the voume up and down depending on which orientation the Phone app is in.
  • 8863 Applications menu gets stuck into "more"

11 bugs were resolved "worksforme":

  • 2723 Pushing key once causes multiple repeats
  • 2934 Virtual keyboards generated from gen_vkb do not honor the "baseline" attribute from the keysizes block.
  • 3481 PSM Interoperability problem with Freebox ADSL Access Point
  • 4466 Trigerring numerous lstat64 syscalls when loading pixbuf images (wouldn't be better to cache the realpaths?)
  • 7010 Headphones Status Icon not always displayed when plugging in headset
  • 7169 Graphic artifacts sometimes appear on the screen.
  • 7322 Desktop stuck while panning
  • 8609 speex codec is ignored for SIP calls
  • 8631 "Bateria s?aba" implies "Weak battery" instead of "Low battery"
  • 8757 Pressing "More..." does not open the programs list
  • 8773 Error on initial setup of Mail for Exchange

0 bugs were resolved "moved".

Resolved Enhancements

1 enhancement was resolved "fixed":

  • 3010 Provide FTP Bluetooth interface (OBEX FTP server)

1 enhancement was resolved "invalid":

  • 8792 Think twice about using Moblin's connman for M2

1 enhancement was resolved "wontfix":

  • 3600 Detect and indicate when connecting to an AP with broken PSM

2 enhancements were resolved "duplicate":

  • 7606 Provide better feedback of keyboard state - and allow tweaks
  • 8857 SIM Services Can not be found

0 enhancements were resolved "worksforme".

3 enhancements were resolved "moved":

  • 6343 [Metabug] Add support to Mail for Exchange for Google
  • 8192 Wired headphone should override bluetooth headset until unplugged
  • 8839 Feature Request

Confirmed Items

20 bugs were confirmed:

  • 5897 Phone: Hardware volume control inconsistent between Portrait and Landscape Modes
  • 6233 HildonPickerButton opens HildonPickerDialog dialog in landscape mode
  • 7180 Device does not automatically connect for some services
  • 7594 twitter link on the 2nd desktop should use https, not http
  • 7677 Copying files over USB is very slow when using CFQ I/O scheduler
  • 7764 WPA-EAP authentication fails with *any* expired certificate
  • 7773 GLES libraries missing from MADDE (no Qt 4.6 app can be linked)
  • 7893 Alarm clock does not wake me up when battery has died.
  • 8014 WLAN connection gets dropped after a few minutes (U.S. Robotics Wireless MAXg Access Point USR5451)
  • 8191 MfE calendar (re)synchronization with Zimbra (version 5.0.x) fails
  • 8235 SD Card unmounts itself, then sometimes comes back
  • 8307 Media Player briefly shows wrong length for MP3 VBR song
  • 8357 resolv.conf file update fails on the Maemo SDK
  • 8432 Photo viewer shows corrupt images that are not corrupt (large PNGs)
  • 8622 MADDE Terminal can't be started
  • 8701 Window menu closes if release finger outside of the menu
  • 8723 items become totally non-responsive for no reason
  • 8736 Word prediction doesn't work after a non-alphabetic character
  • 8778 Automatic disconnection from the Internet
  • 8788 Maemo5 packages have Debian maintainers listed but are not from Debian

1 enhancement was confirmed:

  • 8827 Please support Kerberos by default

Reopened Items

1 bug was reopened:

  • 6746 USB mass storage enabled when connected while device is off

0 enhancements were reopened.

Unloved Items

10 bugs were needing love:

  • 8898 When connecting N900 to a Windows 7 x64 PC, it doesn't always show up in mass storage mode
  • 8840 Low battery sound-alert pause mediaplayer while music is playing and dont continue playing after.
  • 7783 Quick tap in application switcher makes the interface unresponsive
  • 8313 SDK requires outdated kernel features, requires update
  • 8343 No pause before sending DTMF tones in Skype
  • 8607 SIP call breaks during autoswitching from 3g to wifi
  • 8832 Reverse name format for Contact Sync
  • 8849 Multiple entries with same content are created when activating protocols
  • 8880 cannot create a WiFi connection in offline mode
  • 8896 Microphone is dead

3 enhancements were needing love:

  • 7924 Packager should include filesys usage in description automatically
  • 8709 There is not an option to turn on the speaker in a call while headset is connected
  • 8535 modest next/prev mail icons are nondescriptive

Keyworded Items

(glossary)

3 bugs were tagged "crash":

  • 8400 Some MAFW component crashes during playback of a H.264/AAC encoded movie.
  • 8756 HW watchdog reboots and kernel oops caused resets which result in file system corruption?
  • 8787 random but frequent HW watchdog reboots ("32wd_to"), in "specific" network environment

0 bugs were tagged "easyfix".

21 bugs were tagged "moreinfo":

  • 5694 Application Manager moves to background after start when quickly clicking
  • 6452 Phone abruptly shutsdown while on charge and during a call via the headset.
  • 6705 fetching of contacts from SE T700 fails via bluetooth
  • 6895 Pixels become garbled in various locations on the screen
  • 7010 Headphones Status Icon not always displayed when plugging in headset
  • 7668 getting a call while playing music, need to tap speakers to hear
  • 7677 Copying files over USB is very slow when using CFQ I/O scheduler
  • 7692 Hardware key combinations still work while device is T&K locked
  • 7796 Call goes silent or bluetooth disconnects in car (BMW)
  • 8079 Playing a video makes touch screen unresponsive & flashing
  • 8576 Backlight wont turn off during transflective mode in direct sunlight
  • 8628 No wireless after 2 days
  • 8676 FM Transmitter very weak, and is not picked up by radio
  • 8713 Incorrect Danish translation of 'Extras'
  • 8756 HW watchdog reboots and kernel oops caused resets which result in file system corruption?
  • 8771 Call ending problem
  • 8773 Error on initial setup of Mail for Exchange
  • 8778 Automatic disconnection from the Internet
  • 8834 Receiving files via bluetooth while connected to computer via USB
  • 8865 More option doesn't work always
  • 8866 Unexpectly synchronizing with Exchange 2003 aborts and reports error

1 bug was tagged "patch":

  • 6233 HildonPickerButton opens HildonPickerDialog dialog in landscape mode

0 bugs were tagged "performance".

0 bugs were tagged "security".

0 enhancements were tagged "easyfix".

1 enhancement was tagged "moreinfo":

  • 4651 Provide iwspy (which is currently not working)

0 enhancements were tagged "patch".

0 enhancements were tagged "performance".

This summary is also posted to the Maemo developers' list and talk.maemo.org. 8 Add to favourites0 Bury]]> Stephen Gadsby <sjgadsby@ptdprolog.net> feed:92758f42b900fe90ec500065e7ba5bc5 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:01:00 +0000 http://maemo.org/midcom-permalink-b0e8a52e146b11dfac9b434463b6829a829a Boldly going... where I never thought I’d go. http://revdkathy.livejournal.com/60771.html
Back in October, when I placed the order for my n900, I knew very little beyond that it was a linux based device, truly open, with a great spec and supported by an awesome community. The one thing I was sure of was that the device was capable of a whole lot of things that I would never be able to do. That didn’t bother me – any piece of tech is capable of far more than the user needs: the trick is to know how to use the ones you do need.

So when Mo arrived, I knew he had this thing called an ‘Xterminal’. I took it for granted that that was sort of the equivalent of the ‘command prompt’ in windows – certainly not for ordinary users like me. The other thing I did was promise myself that I would stick to apps from either Ovi or Extras – no facing the demons of testing or devel for Mo.

I remember the very first time I opened the Xterm and ran a line. It was the command to view the exact battery status. The fear, excitement and sense of achievement remain with me – I did it and didn’t break anything! I’ve written on here before about the experience of gaining root for the first time – along with the first time I installed something using the Xterm rather than the installer as it wasn’t fully packaged. Now I’m at the stage where I actually remember the command to check memory status (I check rootfs routinely after every installation). This from the person who was so, so certain that I would never, ever need that little box.

The same is true of my ventures outside of extras. I generally keep the testing and devel repositories disabled, but I have been in there. I’ve even got a couple of additional repos entered, where I’ve picked up special bits and piece: the iplayer service I mentioned in my last post involved collecting something from a private repository, configuring a load of stuff in Xterminal, and then each time I want something new, going into the terminal again to download it. I have half a dozen apps either from testing or devel that I am testing or using – Witter (Great twitter app), Rapier (Bible reader using the Sword library), fMMS for sending and receiving media messages and of course our wonderful Maesheep, to name but a few. Some of the apps I downloaded from testing are now in extras, which is great to see.

Where is a frightened, cautious person I used to be? Well, still there. There are apps I want which are still in development which I have not yet tried: Tweakr for extra profiles, and Shepherd for time-scheduling apps, connections etc (and those extra profiles once you’ve got them). I’d like to do the customising bit with the little flashing lights, but sadly I’m a coward on that, too.

But overall, N900 has taken to me places I never thought I would go to. I have done things with it I never dreamt of. There is more to do – one day I want to try one of the emulators and run palm or debian on the device. I will never run out of new things to try!

Several of my Maemo friends have been going to new places, too: Fargus is turning DVDs into amazing quality video to make the most of n900’s screen. Texrat has been dreaming up a game - oddly not one with gears and pulleys – though not far off: something about water management with wheels and locks (watch this space for more news on that – that one will follow on from the sheep, I think!) Frals has been visiting the home of Nokia for support with fMMS (brilliant!) and Hopbeat has been whistling at his phone in the latest development for Maesheep (we’re worried he may get locked up for that!) And Lcuk has been at the FOSDEM event in Brussels, meeting other n900 users and discovering he’s famous!

If I’ve missed anyone, nudge me – You’ll get a mention next week! And make sure you get in the new Maemo Weekly News – a great round-up of all that’s going on in the Maemo world: thanks to Jaffa and Reggie for the first couple of issues and to all involved in that project, too. Send them a tweet @mwkn for anything you think should be in next week's round-up.

So here I am, n900 in hand asking myself “Where do I want to go today?”13 Add to favourites0 Bury]]> Kathy Smith <kathy@revdkathy.com> feed:b31073d48a28625c25e0704e6226c79a Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:12:16 +0000 http://maemo.org/midcom-permalink-5c315610141711dfae19439cf5fa80938093