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[Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Israel,

This sounds good :-)

Issues:
1 big - network manager
2 small - LiveCD not having applications in PCManFM

Partly independent:
Documentation

It is OK with me to consider the iso file ready after the two issues are
fixed - and keep it frozen but also advertize it (the ToriOS iso file)
to end users with a note that the documentation is not ready.

I think Ali should take part in the decision, whether the final release
should wait for the documentation. He was active in the Ubuntu Forums
today (4 hours ago), so not completely gone.

Best regards
Nio

ps/

I suggest that you add a symbolic link from the desktop to the
applications directory, I think this should work (in chroot in a script
to make the iso file)

ln -s /usr/share/applications /home/torios/Desktop

This might replace the small issue with pcmanfm.

/ds

Den 2015-05-30 13:57, Israel skrev:
> Hi Nio,
> I made the battery applet because I needed one to use JWM in 14.10
> (which my development computer is using).  So I made the applet solely
> for myself.  But, I also decided ToriOS could benefit from another choice.
> 
> I don't know what is left to fix rather than the NetworkManager issue.
> 
> There is the small issue of the LiveCD not having applications in
> PCManFM.  So, if this current ISO works right we can call it our RC, and
> then simply make the final ISO, and release it.
> 
> This is the only show stopper that I know of at this point.
> 
> AFAIK,  the only issue we have not addressed is updating the computer. 
> I can write a small script to update things easily.  Or, we can simply
> address this by informing our users to manually update.
> 
> We are also waiting on the Documentation to be finished before we
> release the final version.  As this *might* break some packages though
> it might not, making updating cumbersome for users.  Documentation is
> going to move to its own separate branch, and then be rebuilt as HTML
> and packaged.  This is the last major feature we are waiting on.
> 
> Ultimately the release timing falls to Ali, who has been busy in real
> life.  So, if everything is finished and Ali is not able to be around we
> will release it without his consent, as I am sure he would appreciate this.
> 
> 
> 
> On 05/30/2015 12:15 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
>> Den 2015-05-30 02:59, Israel skrev:
>>> .....
>> ...
>>
>> Hi Israel,
>>
>> I can understand your fascination with C and its new and advanced
>> features - new and powerful tools to do things :-)
>>
>> I have been playing around making and testing custom tarballs. And I
>> have been playing around to make it easier to get a persistent live USB
>> pendrive. It is not necessary but something that helps creating and
>> using custom tarballs. It also helps using different keyboards and other
>> tweaks, that non native English speakers want (but is not as easy to get
>> in ToriOS as in 'full size' distros).
>>
>> -o-
>>
>> But now I try to think about the general situation rather than specific
>> features or problems.
>>
>> Should we consider the current ToriOS-beta.iso as 'the' beta release?
>> And what you are doing now is preparation for the finally released
>> official version?
>>
>> A. Have you got a crude to-do list or a crude time-table?
>>
>> B. What do you think is necessary in order to consider the iso file with
>> the live system and the tarball for the installed system to be good
>> enough to be officially released?
>>
>> B1. What bug fixes?
>>
>> B2. What new features? (I understand that a good battery applet is
>> important to provide in the officially released system. What more?)
>>
>> B3. Should we provide program packages, that are made for ToriOS, but
>> not included in the iso file (because of the size limit)?
>>
>> Best regards
>> Nio
> 
>