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[Alan Pope <alan.pope@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We ran a 3rd set of Core Apps Hack Days this week. The goal being to
put focus on specific Core Apps each day in order to call for designs,
get bugs fixed, implement features and entice new (Core Apps)
developers from the community into the project.

Quote of the year:-

18:37:57 < samertm> if I knew it was this easy to contribute I would
have started ages ago
18:38:39 < samertm> the Ubuntu Core Apps Hack Days were all the push I needed

== Reminders ==

* Lots of testing, translation updates and some minor UI fixes, some
merged, some need fixing.
    https://code.launchpad.net/~dpm/reminders-app/update-translations-after-cleanup/+merge/203486
    https://code.launchpad.net/~mzanetti/reminders-app/shoot/+merge/203158
"Make the shoot button work"
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/reminders-app/+bug/1273102 "Do not save
note if the back button is tapped"
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/reminders-app/+bug/1267800 "Do not
prompt the user for an account if there is only one registered"
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/reminders-app/+bug/1273111 "Font size
in notes must be bigger"
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/reminders-app/+bug/1273704 "Icon isn't
the right size"

== Music ==

* Flaky test skipped, needs fixing
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/music-app/+bug/1272996
"test_music.TestMainWindow.test_create_playlist_from_songs_tab fails
on build 147 and 148"
* Work progressing on last.fm plugin slowly. Some knowledge transfer
from cwayne to danielholm required to accelerate
* First pass at simple in-app search to fix lp #1269037 "Provide
search functionality"
    http://imgur.com/wmVTRHw,ASOiOMa#1
* Mockups for converged music app submitted
    https://ubuntu.mybalsamiq.com/projects/coreappsconvergence/Music%20app%20-%20Horizontal%20tablet
    https://ubuntu.mybalsamiq.com/projects/coreappsconvergence/Music%20app%20-%20Vertical%20tablet

== Calendar ==

* Preliminary designs for converged calendar app submitted from
community member Andrea Del Sarto
    https://plus.google.com/photos/+AndreaDelSarto88/albums/5972807507462510001/5972807508504729794
    https://plus.google.com/photos/+AndreaDelSarto88/albums/5972807507462510001/5972807509814477842
* Bug fix for recurring events from new community contributor, Mario Guerriero
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-calendar-app/+bug/1270242 "Add
the ability to specify a recurring event"
* UI bug fix in day view from another new community contributor, Samer Masterson
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-calendar-app/+bug/1272625 "In
the Day view of the app the bottom of the 11 PM hour is cut off"
* Nice fixes from Olivier Tilloy for autopilot test failures
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-calendar-app/+bug/1268574
"Autopilot tests assume English locale"
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-calendar-app/+bug/1273702 "`make
test` doesn’t find existing unit tests"
* First pass at fixing bug 1267813 to enablel Calendar to be navigable
on devices with keyboard/pointing device. (i.e. desktop).
    https://code.launchpad.net/~pkunal-parmar/ubuntu-calendar-app/Key_Navi/+merge/203201

== Clock ==

* Work ongoing across Clock, Calendar, EDS and indicator-datetime to
get alarms/events & notifications finally nailed
* Muliple community designs and ideas for converged clock app
submitted and collated:-
    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GVDuiTD7F5K3vL_IYets_8SsqTS3PebCNArqvEuvaME/edit
* Some lovely bugs fixed
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-clock-app/+bug/1264892
"OptionSelector does not always expand"
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-clock-app/+bug/1272470 "Clock
app should remember the app width and height in desktop mode"
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-clock-app/+bug/1271736 "World
times not updated after phone gone to sleep"
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-clock-app/+bug/1270092 "Not able
to change "Repeats" setting in AddAlarm page when "Daily" value is
set"
* ..and in progress.
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-clock-app/+bug/1274270 "Timer
clock shouldn't be set to 60 sec/min"

== Weather ==

* App currently blocked on documentation for TWC API. Once unblocked
we should be able to finally land the Weather Channel backend changes

== Terminal ==

* No progress to report.
* Long standing bug still in need of some love. Currently being
debugged by myself and Nick Skaggs
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-terminal-app/+bug/1257791 "Enter
and backspace broken in terminal"

== RSS Reader ==

* Ongoing discussion of Shorts behaviour on pointer equipped devices
* Work begun on split screen view
* Support for keyboard navigation

== File Manager ==

* Code refactoring
    https://code.launchpad.net/~carlos-mazieri/ubuntu-filemanager-app/model/+merge/203786
* Better desktop support in progress
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-filemanager-app/+bug/1255643
"Allow bookmarks/places bar to be collapsed"
* Work progressing on Icon view for file manager
    https://plus.google.com/+MichaelSpencer/posts/cRuDSxfe1dm


Have a great weekend!
-- 
Alan Pope
Engineering Manager

Canonical - Product Strategy
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