maemo.org Extras Bug Jar 2011.32
A Quick Look at Extras in Bugzilla 2011-08-01 through 2011-08-07 As of 2011-08-08 Extras contains: total items 2628 ( 1) total open items 963 ( 3) open bugs 557 ( 1) critical/blocker 40 ( 1) “easyfix” 4 “moreinfo” 5 ( 1) “crash” 2 “patch” 4 reopened 6 unconfirmed 341 ( 2) open enhancements 406 ( 2) “easyfix” 1 “moreinfo” 1 “patch” 6 reopened 1 unconfirmed 178 ( 1) Top Tens Ten biggest open bugs by number of votes : (6%) 7334 [FM Radio] audio disappear using other device functions(connecting-disconnecting wi-fi,hspa) (4%) 7351 [Recorder] Recorder app closes automatically after few mins (4%) 11961 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] Random email application (modest) crashes with CSSU (4%) 6511 [Canola] Unable to type text in Canola on N900 (4%) 11031 [PyMaemo] python-all depending on specific python version breaks updating python modules (2%) 11842 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] RDesktop halt on connection screen (2%) 6847 [gPodder] gPodder does not attempt to connect to internet if no ambient connection (+2 this week) (2%) 8508 [The One Ring] Integration with System Contacts isn’t working (-1 this week) (2%) 5673 [eCoach] Implement translation infrastructure (-1 this week) (2%) 7505 [Mauku] Claims to be free, but ships no license and says ‘You are NOT allowed to modify or redistribute the source code.’ Please visit Bugzilla to vote. Registration is easy and free. Ten biggest open enhancements by number of votes : (6%) 8224 [Hermes] Support for getting orkut contact details with Hermes (5%) 5453 [Hermes] Add google as a source for contact information (feature request) (5%) 7738 [FM Radio] Scan and auto-preset feature (5%) 5823 [Personal GPRS Monitor] programmable auto-reset (4%) 5045 [Conboy] Add undo and redo (4%) 5452 [Hermes] Don’t overwrite pre-existing contact info (3%) 11976 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] viewing sms conversations in portrait mode without horizontal scrolling (patch) (+1 this week) (3%) 6383 [PasswordSafe] Add support for V3 Format (-1 this week) (2%) 5018 [StockThis] Create a Desktop widget to display portfolio (2%) 7374 [FM Radio] Record FM radio to file Please visit Bugzilla to vote
maemo.org Extras Bug Jar 2011.31
A Quick Look at Extras in Bugzilla 2011-07-25 through 2011-07-31 As of 2011-08-01 Extras contains: total items 2627 ( 1) total open items 966 open bugs 558 ( 1) critical/blocker 41 “easyfix” 4 “moreinfo” 6 “crash” 2 “patch” 4 reopened 6 unconfirmed 343 ( 1) open enhancements 408 ( 1) “easyfix” 1 “moreinfo” 1 “patch” 6 reopened 1 unconfirmed 179 Top Tens Ten biggest open bugs by number of votes (unchanged for 8 weeks): (6%) 7334 [FM Radio] audio disappear using other device functions(connecting-disconnecting wi-fi,hspa) (4%) 7351 [Recorder] Recorder app closes automatically after few mins (4%) 11961 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] Random email application (modest) crashes with CSSU (4%) 6511 [Canola] Unable to type text in Canola on N900 (4%) 11031 [PyMaemo] python-all depending on specific python version breaks updating python modules (2%) 11842 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] RDesktop halt on connection screen (2%) 8508 [The One Ring] Integration with System Contacts isn’t working (2%) 5673 [eCoach] Implement translation infrastructure (2%) 6847 [gPodder] gPodder does not attempt to connect to internet if no ambient connection (2%) 7505 [Mauku] Claims to be free, but ships no license and says ‘You are NOT allowed to modify or redistribute the source code.’ Please visit Bugzilla to vote.
maemo.org Extras Bug Jar 2011.30
A Quick Look at Extras in Bugzilla 2011-07-18 through 2011-07-24 As of 2011-07-25 Extras contains: total items 2626 ( 2) total open items 966 ( 1) open bugs 559 ( 1) critical/blocker 41 ( 1) “easyfix” 4 “moreinfo” 6 “crash” 2 “patch” 4 reopened 6 unconfirmed 344 ( 1) open enhancements 407 ( 2) “easyfix” 1 “moreinfo” 1 “patch” 6 reopened 1 unconfirmed 179 ( 1) Top Tens Ten biggest open bugs by number of votes (unchanged for 7 weeks): (6%) 7334 [FM Radio] audio disappear using other device functions(connecting-disconnecting wi-fi,hspa) (4%) 7351 [Recorder] Recorder app closes automatically after few mins (4%) 11961 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] Random email application (modest) crashes with CSSU (4%) 6511 [Canola] Unable to type text in Canola on N900 (4%) 11031 [PyMaemo] python-all depending on specific python version breaks updating python modules (2%) 11842 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] RDesktop halt on connection screen (2%) 8508 [The One Ring] Integration with System Contacts isn’t working (2%) 5673 [eCoach] Implement translation infrastructure (2%) 6847 [gPodder] gPodder does not attempt to connect to internet if no ambient connection (2%) 7505 [Mauku] Claims to be free, but ships no license and says ‘You are NOT allowed to modify or redistribute the source code.’ Please visit Bugzilla to vote. Registration is easy and free. Ten biggest open enhancements by number of votes (unchanged for 17 weeks): (6%) 8224 [Hermes] Support for getting orkut contact details with Hermes (5%) 5453 [Hermes] Add google as a source for contact information (feature request) (5%) 7738 [FM Radio] Scan and auto-preset feature (5%) 5823 [Personal GPRS Monitor] programmable auto-reset (4%) 5045 [Conboy] Add undo and redo (4%) 5452 [Hermes] Don’t overwrite pre-existing contact info (3%) 6383 [PasswordSafe] Add support for V3 Format (3%) 11976 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] viewing sms conversations in portrait mode without horizontal scrolling (patch) (2%) 5018 [StockThis] Create a Desktop widget to display portfolio (2%) 7374 [FM Radio] Record FM radio to file Please visit Bugzilla to vote
maemo.org Extras Bug Jar 2011.29
A Quick Look at Extras in Bugzilla 2011-07-11 through 2011-07-17 As of 2011-07-18 Extras contains: total items 2624 ( 4) total open items 967 ( 1) open bugs 558 ( 1) critical/blocker 40 “easyfix” 4 “moreinfo” 6 “crash” 2 “patch” 4 reopened 6 unconfirmed 343 ( 1) open enhancements 409 ( 2) “easyfix” 1 “moreinfo” 1 “patch” 6 reopened 1 unconfirmed 180 ( 2) Top Tens Ten biggest open bugs by number of votes (unchanged for 6 weeks): (6%) 7334 [FM Radio] audio disappear using other device functions(connecting-disconnecting wi-fi,hspa) (5%) 7351 [Recorder] Recorder app closes automatically after few mins (5%) 11961 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] Random email application (modest) crashes with CSSU (4%) 6511 [Canola] Unable to type text in Canola on N900 (4%) 11031 [PyMaemo] python-all depending on specific python version breaks updating python modules (2%) 11842 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] RDesktop halt on connection screen (2%) 8508 [The One Ring] Integration with System Contacts isn’t working (2%) 5673 [eCoach] Implement translation infrastructure (2%) 6847 [gPodder] gPodder does not attempt to connect to internet if no ambient connection (2%) 7505 [Mauku] Claims to be free, but ships no license and says ‘You are NOT allowed to modify or redistribute the source code.’ Please visit Bugzilla to vote.
MWKN Weekly News for Monday, 11 Jul 2011
Front Page July update from Maemo Community Council RM Bauer , a member of the current Maemo Community Council has posted thoughts on the the N9 launch on the Council blog: “There are numerous directions in which the community may move. For example, the Swipe UI/UX layer of the N9 is closed source and so there will be interest in developing an open source community alternative
maemo.org Extras Bug Jar 2011.28
A Quick Look at Extras in Bugzilla 2011-07-04 through 2011-07-10 As of 2011-07-11 Extras contains: total items 2620 ( 2) total open items 966 ( 1) open bugs 559 ( 1) critical/blocker 40 “easyfix” 4 “moreinfo” 6 “crash” 2 “patch” 4 reopened 6 unconfirmed 344 open enhancements 407 “easyfix” 1 “moreinfo” 1 “patch” 6 reopened 1 unconfirmed 178 Top Tens Ten biggest open bugs by number of votes (unchanged for 5 weeks): (6%) 7334 [FM Radio] audio disappear using other device functions(connecting-disconnecting wi-fi,hspa) (4%) 7351 [Recorder] Recorder app closes automatically after few mins (4%) 11961 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] Random email application (modest) crashes with CSSU (4%) 6511 [Canola] Unable to type text in Canola on N900 (4%) 11031 [PyMaemo] python-all depending on specific python version breaks updating python modules (2%) 11842 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] RDesktop halt on connection screen (2%) 8508 [The One Ring] Integration with System Contacts isn’t working (2%) 5673 [eCoach] Implement translation infrastructure (2%) 6847 [gPodder] gPodder does not attempt to connect to internet if no ambient connection (1%) 7505 [Mauku] Claims to be free, but ships no license and says ‘You are NOT allowed to modify or redistribute the source code.’ Please visit Bugzilla to vote.
Council_Update-July_2011
On July 1, 2011, Maemo stands at an interesting crossroads. In June, Nokia formally announced the N9 Harmattan mobile phone mentioned in Council’s previous posting. Although the stage for the announcement of the device was somewhat awkward, being amongst other marginally related news at the Nokia Connections event in Singapore, the device itself was well presented and showed off the design attributes of the N9 admirably. A wealth of product information was promptly available online. Reaction from the general press was positive as well and led to an upswing of anticipation for the phone, which is expected to be released in the next few months. The device was described at the announcement as the result of Nokia’s MeeGo project and is described in specifications as “MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan”. As widely expected, it has a Maemo base (“Harmattan”) with a MeeGo API. From the perspective of application developers and end users alike, the phone appears as a MeeGo handset although that technically may not be correct. Nevertheless, notwithstanding the lack of technical compliance, the device is widely described as a MeeGo device and hoped to lift the profile of the MeeGo project. Nokia also initiated much activity surrounding the device at www.meego.com , including threads in the MeeGo forum, to describe aspects of the device. As first reported in the previous Council posting, the N9 has both a closed mode and an open (developer) mode. Root access and terminal are available as well. Nokia also announced the availability of a limited number of N950 developer devices in an attempt to increase the number of apps available for the N9 at launch. Nokia made no outreach to maemo.org during the N9 launch. Although not formally reported as such, Nokia received an “exception” from the Linux Foundation for the N9 and is freely using the meego.com infrastructure to provide community support for the N9. In addition, it was announced that OBS would include Harmattan as a target and that the community apps repository for MeeGo would include Harmattan apps. While there is reason for increased optimisim for the future of MeeGo, the relationship between Maemo, Nokia and MeeGo is left somewhat out on a limb. In an IRC meeting with maemo.org council, new Nokia liaison Matti Arias confirmed that all of Nokia’s Maemo/MeeGo related ifs focused on promoting the N9. Such promotion will not involve maemo.org
MeeGo 1.2 ARMv7 chroot (beta)
I’ve always liked the Scratchbox approach to cross-compiling. Run ./configure && make and you have an ARM binary, no need to explicitly tell the configure we are cross-compiling nor fix the bad behaving build scripts. MeeGo doesn’t provide an SDK for the (ARM) platform
maemo.org Extras Bug Jar 2011.27
A Quick Look at Extras in Bugzilla 2011-06-27 through 2011-07-03 As of 2011-07-04 Extras contains: total items 2618 ( 4) total open items 965 ( 4) open bugs 558 ( 2) critical/blocker 40 “easyfix” 4 “moreinfo” 6 “crash” 2 “patch” 4 reopened 6 unconfirmed 344 ( 2) open enhancements 407 ( 2) “easyfix” 1 “moreinfo” 1 “patch” 6 reopened 1 unconfirmed 178 ( 2) Top Tens Ten biggest open bugs by number of votes (unchanged for 4 weeks): (6%) 7334 [FM Radio] audio disappear using other device functions(connecting-disconnecting wi-fi,hspa) (5%) 7351 [Recorder] Recorder app closes automatically after few mins (5%) 11961 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] Random email application (modest) crashes with CSSU (4%) 6511 [Canola] Unable to type text in Canola on N900 (4%) 11031 [PyMaemo] python-all depending on specific python version breaks updating python modules (2%) 11842 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] RDesktop halt on connection screen (2%) 8508 [The One Ring] Integration with System Contacts isn’t working (2%) 5673 [eCoach] Implement translation infrastructure (2%) 6847 [gPodder] gPodder does not attempt to connect to internet if no ambient connection (2%) 7505 [Mauku] Claims to be free, but ships no license and says ‘You are NOT allowed to modify or redistribute the source code.’ Please visit Bugzilla to vote.
Transparent system-wide proxy
Proxies can be a powerful way to enforce anonymity or to bypass various kinds of restrictions on Internet (government censorship, regional contents, …). In this post, I’ll describe a simple technique to create a transparent proxy at the system level. It’s especially useful in cases when you want to make sure that all connections make it through the proxy or when your application of interest doesn’t have proxy support.