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[Israel <israel@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
Great!! He may yet be at the meeting today, and we can discuss it then!

On 05/30/2015 08:11 AM, Nio Wiklund wrote:
> 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
>>


-- 
Regards

-Israel
ToriOS Team