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[Cinque Port Computers <jackt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi All,

Also just noticed there are no meeting logs posted since 09May2015.  This is not very conducive for keeping abreast of what is discussed by those that meet weekly.

JackT.



From: jackdtrice@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: israel@xxxxxxxxxx; nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx; torios-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
CC: jackt@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [Torios-dev] ToriOS to-do list and time-table
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2015 07:51:21 +0100




Hi All,

Why is Ali advertising the latest ISO as ToriOS v0.8?

JackT.



> Date: Sat, 30 May 2015 11:14:29 -0500
> From: israel@xxxxxxxxxx
> To: nio.wiklund@xxxxxxxxx; torios-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Torios-dev] ToriOS to-do list and time-table
> 
> 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
> 
> 
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