Maemo Weekly News for Monday, 22 Nov 2010

Front Page Community OBS is live David Greaves and Niels Breet announced, in their "Community build system" session at the MeeGo Conference, that the community build system is now live. Similar to the combined maemo.org Extras/Packages & auto-builder, one of the advantages it will give is the ability to have Ubuntu PPA-style personal repositories, replacing Extras-devel and reducing the risks of tracking the development of particular pieces of software

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Maemo: n900 to Android: HTC Desire Z

I had toyed with the idea for a while, and even written a post some time ago suggesting that my next phone would like be an Android one. A couple of weeks ago my n900 decided to stop booting at all, and I had to send it away for repair.

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Pop Quiz Hot Shot – ssh

You have ssh’ed into a host via three others and just noticed a file(s) you would like on the laptop you started all this merriment from, what do you do?

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maemo.org Extras Bug Jar 2010.42

A Quick Look at Extras in Bugzilla 2010-10-11 through 2010-10-17 As of 2010-10-18 Extras contains: total items 2064 ( 17) total open items 761 ( 15) open bugs 461 ( 17) critical/blocker 24 “easyfix” 3 “moreinfo” 3 “crash” 0 “patch” 4 reopened 7 ( 1) unconfirmed 261 ( 3) open enhancements 300 ( 2) “easyfix” 1 “moreinfo” 0 “patch” 3 reopened 1 unconfirmed 118 ( 1) Top Tens Ten biggest open bugs by number of votes : (8%) 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%) 5181 [gPodder] Automatically download new episodes when on ‘home’ connection (5%) 6511 [Canola] Unable to type text in Canola on N900 (5%) 7413 [ogg-support] Cover art not shown for Ogg Vorbis files (4%) 11031 [PyMaemo] python-all depending on specific python version breaks updating python modules (3%) 5504 [ogg-support] No seeking for Flac (1.0.5) (3%) 5774 [Xournal] Consider using /opt to store the application files (3%) 6456 [ogg-support] Register audio/ogg mimetype to support *.oga Vorbis audio files (3%) 8508 [The One Ring] Integration with System Contacts isn’t working Please visit Bugzilla to vote.

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maemo.org Extras Bug Jar 2010.42

A Quick Look at Extras in Bugzilla 2010-10-11 through 2010-10-17 As of 2010-10-18 Extras contains: total items 2064 ( 17) total open items 761 ( 15) open bugs 461 ( 17) critical/blocker 24 “easyfix” 3 “moreinfo” 3 “crash” 0 “patch” 4 reopened 7 ( 1) unconfirmed 261 ( 3) open enhancements 300 ( 2) “easyfix” 1 “moreinfo” 0 “patch” 3 reopened 1 unconfirmed 118 ( 1) Top Tens Ten biggest open bugs by number of votes : (8%) 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%) 5181 [gPodder] Automatically download new episodes when on ‘home’ connection (5%) 6511 [Canola] Unable to type text in Canola on N900 (5%) 7413 [ogg-support] Cover art not shown for Ogg Vorbis files (4%) 11031 [PyMaemo] python-all depending on specific python version breaks updating python modules (3%) 5504 [ogg-support] No seeking for Flac (1.0.5) (3%) 5774 [Xournal] Consider using /opt to store the application files (3%) 6456 [ogg-support] Register audio/ogg mimetype to support *.oga Vorbis audio files (3%) 8508 [The One Ring] Integration with System Contacts isn’t working Please visit Bugzilla to vote.

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Nokia and the Art of Fulfillment

The current analytical buzz about Nokia’s mind and market share issues tends to be pessimistic, presupposing that the company has no chance of reclaiming its former glory days due to the unwitting tag-team onslaught of Apple and Android.  But this negative assumption arises from ignorance and forgetfulness. It’s certainly true that customers have a stubborn inclination toward brand loyalty that can be difficult to unseat.  But Nokia was once on the positive side of that equation in areas where it now struggles ( or has given up altogether ).  What could keep it from returning to that former glory

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maemo.org Extras Bug Jar 2010.38

A Quick Look at Extras in Bugzilla 2010-09-13 through 2010-09-19 As of 2010-09-20 Extras contains: total items 2010 ( 12) total open items 763 ( 3) open bugs 468 ( 2) critical/blocker 23 ( 2) “easyfix” 3 “moreinfo” 6 ( 1) “crash” 0 “patch” 4 reopened 7 ( 1) unconfirmed 256 ( 1) open enhancements 295 ( 1) “easyfix” 1 “moreinfo” 2 “patch” 3 reopened 1 unconfirmed 116 ( 1) Top Tens Ten biggest open bugs by number of votes (unchanged for 6 weeks): (7%) 7334 [FM Radio] audio disappear using other device functions(connecting-disconnecting wi-fi,hspa) (6%) 7351 [Recorder] Recorder app closes automatically after few mins (5%) 5181 [gPodder] Automatically download new episodes when on ‘home’ connection (5%) 7413 [ogg-support] Cover art not shown for Ogg Vorbis files (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 (3%) 5504 [ogg-support] No seeking for Flac (1.0.5) (3%) 5774 [Xournal] Consider using /opt to store the application files (3%) 6456 [ogg-support] Register audio/ogg mimetype to support *.oga Vorbis audio files (3%) 8508 [The One Ring] Integration with System Contacts isn’t working Please visit Bugzilla to vote. Registration is easy and free. Ten biggest open enhancements by number of votes : (7%) 8224 [Hermes] Support for getting orkut contact details with Hermes (6%) 5453 [Hermes] Add google as a source for contact information (feature request) (6%) 7738 [FM Radio] Scan and auto-preset feature (5%) 5823 [Personal GPRS Monitor] programmable auto-reset (5%) 5045 [Conboy] Add undo and redo (4%) 5452 [Hermes] Don’t overwrite pre-existing contact info (4%) 6383 [PasswordSafe] Add support for V3 Format (3%) 5018 [StockThis] Create a Desktop widget to display portfolio (2%) 5564 [Dialcentral] Include links to the voice mail recordings in DC (2%) 7374 [FM Radio] Record FM radio to file Please visit Bugzilla to vote.

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Maemo Official Platform Bug Jar 2010.38

A Quick Look at Maemo Official Platform in Bugzilla 2010-09-13 through 2010-09-19 As of 2010-09-20 Maemo Official Platform contains: total items 3352 ( 9) total open items 644 ( 1) open bugs 443 ( 1) critical/blocker 17 ( 1) “easyfix” 8 “moreinfo” 61 ( 2) “crash” 14 ( 1) “patch” 21 ( 1) reopened 28 unconfirmed 159 ( 2) open enhancements 201 “easyfix” 1 “moreinfo” 4 “patch” 4 reopened 10 unconfirmed 33 Top Tens Ten biggest open bugs by number of votes : (6%) 6063 [Telephony] voice calls inaudible most of the time, but not through speakers or earplugs (5%) 5880 [Connectivity] A2DP unstable when WiFi is on.

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Mnemosyne

/ 1 vote – 15621 downloads Updated 2010-09-12 09:00 UTC – Beta Quality Free & Open Source license Learning tool based on spaced repetition technique This is mobile version of Mnemosyne software It resembles a traditional flash-card program to help you memorise question/answer pairs, but with an important twist: it uses a sophisticated algorithm to schedule the best time for an item to come up for review. Difficult items that you tend to forget quickly will be scheduled more often, while Mnemosyne won’t waste your time on things you remember well.

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Android Notifier pipes incoming call alerts directly to your desktop

If I had my druthers, I would work in a hermetically-sealed chamber, or perhaps an isolation tank like in Altered States.

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