Maemo Official Applications Bug Jar 2009.38
A Quick Look at Maemo Official Applications in Bugzilla
2009-09-14 through 2009-09-20


As of 2009-09-21 Maemo Official Applications contains 1352 items (+4 this week),
including 236 open issues (-7 this week):

• 95 open bugs (-7 this week)
  • 1 critical/blocker (no change this week)
  • 0 "easyfix" (no change this week)
  • 18 "moreinfo" (-1 this week)
  • 0 "crash" (no change this week)
  • 12 "patch" (+2 this week)
  • 7 reopened (no change this week)
  • 15 unconfirmed (-1 this week)
• 141 open enhancements (no change this week)
  • 2 "easyfix" (no change this week)
  • 9 "moreinfo" (+1 this week)
  • 10 "patch" (no change this week)
  • 0 reopened (no change this week)
  • 6 unconfirmed (no change this week)

Top Tens
Ten biggest open bugs by number of votes:

1. (14%) 2405 Center dpad press is treated as <enter> key, triggering form submit instead of activating finger keyboard (+2 this week)
2. (10%) 1112 Recurrent alarms do not work reliably (+2 this week)
3. (10%) 3298 Focus not set to location bar after Ctrl-L shortcut is used (+2 this week)
4. (7%) 349 Browser does not use user certificates from certman (control panel) (+2 this week)
5. (7%) 1860 Won't pass through VPN (+2 this week)
6. (6%) 2987 Does not always mark e-mails as read (dovecot/cyrus/google IMAP server) (+2 this week)
7. (4%) 3439 Connects to Audio but does not play sound when successfully installing package (+2 this week)
8. (3%) 2150 PDF Reader doesn't support internal document hyperlinks (+2 this week)
9. (3%) 3014 File chooser should remember last directory (new this week)
10. (3%) 3085 Difficult to determine source of incoming IMs if contact goes offline (new this week)

Please visit bugs.maemo.org to vote. Registration is easy and free.

Ten biggest open enhancements by number of votes:

1. (7%) 2557 Keep Sent and Drafts on IMAP server
2. (5%) 761 Please add support for 'fit visible' option to PDF reader (+1 this week)
3. (5%) 1282 List new applications in Application Manager (+1 this week)
4. (5%) 2758 Setting a device name should set also the hostname (+1 this week)
5. (4%) 1235 Please consider open-sourcing the media player (+1 this week)
6. (4%) 2710 Don't show disclaimers unnecesarily when installing/updating software (+1 this week)
7. (4%) 3929 Requesting integration of some community supplied XTerm enhancements (+1 this week)
8. (3%) 1851 Add "Appear in Desktop" flag for each feed (+1 this week)
9. (3%) 2670 bluetooth keyboard repeat rate control needed (+1 this week)
10. (3%) 2962 Integrate Evolution Contact addresses to Map application (new this week)

Please visit bugs.maemo.org to vote. Registration is easy and free.

Ten hottest open bugs:

1. 1112 Recurrent alarms do not work reliably
2. 3250 Keys of special characters of the physical keyboard don't work at web text entries
3. 3675 backup will loop nearly infinitely for directories containing pairs of symlinks that do not point to descendants because backup is following them
4. 4737 contacts can nuke the whole roster plus leave it screwed
5. 3809 Typing occasionally slows to a crawl, lags input
6. 2150 PDF Reader doesn't support internal document hyperlinks
7. 3672 Internet Call keeps trying a non-existing IP
8. 304 Global Proxy configuration not obeyed by RSS feed reader
9. 349 Browser does not use user certificates from certman (control panel)
10. 4051 Restoring backup of a file where file system has a directory gives bogus error (new this week)

Ten hottest open enhancements:

1. 1563 Application installer to send feedback to the providing site if install fails
2. 2758 Setting a device name should set also the hostname
3. 5109 Deleting email should be more evident...
4. 960 specify socks proxy for Google Talk (to work behind firewall)
5. 986 add support for OPML feeds file import to RSS news reader
6. 1235 Please consider open-sourcing the media player
7. 2525 Preedit does not function in the browser
8. 2317 Chat doesn't show <composing> and <inactive> for chatting contact
9. 2557 Keep Sent and Drafts on IMAP server
10. 2779 Modest doesn't support S/MIME encryption

Ten oldest open bugs:

1. 304 Global Proxy configuration not obeyed by RSS feed reader
2. 349 Browser does not use user certificates from certman (control panel)
3. 935 RSS reader misbehavior on HTTP redirects (RFC 2616 violation)
4. 1112 Recurrent alarms do not work reliably
5. 1142 news reader does not support authenticated feeds
6. 1528 Cannot add a trusted certificate to Web Browser
7. 1800 tapping browser rss icon lists two RSS feeds, one from an iframe (+1 this week)
8. 1801 tapping browser rss icon should list ATOM feed, not just RSS (+1 this week)
9. 1860 Won't pass through VPN (new this week)
10. 2150 PDF Reader doesn't support internal document hyperlinks (new this week)

Ten oldest open enhancements:

1. 339 Browser able to access localhost without Internet connectivity
2. 601 should offer remove/install multiple packages at once
3. 604 Renaming files by changing only case should be allowed
4. 637 Certificates not backed up or restored
5. 639 Certificate Manager should import PKCS#7 files.
6. 718 Supporting Jabber through proxy
7. 761 Please add support for 'fit visible' option to PDF reader
8. 960 specify socks proxy for Google Talk (to work behind firewall) (+1 this week)
9. 972 Manage all accounts (Email etc) in Control Panel's Account settings (+1 this week)
10. 986 add support for OPML feeds file import to RSS news reader (new this week)

Maemo Official Applications Bug Jar 2009.38 (continued)

New Items
2 bugs were opened:

• 5156 Fix modest compilation warning
• 5161 Fix some compilation warnings in GNOME version

0 bugs were critical/blocker.

1 enhancement was opened:

• 5139 Provide multi-user chat (chatroom / IRC) support again

Resolved Bugs
5 bugs were resolved "fixed":

• 1694 Unneccesary screen redraws when opening new window in full screen (FiF)
• 3728 Modest reports email username / password incorrect when it is correct (FiF)
• 4412 Installation error for extras-devel Fremantle packages (maemo-select-menu-location) (FiF)
• 4831 Game wrapper buttons are not centered (FiF)
• 5006 Mail from talk.maemo.org misses auto-wrapping (annoying horizontal scrolling) (FiF)

(FiF) indicates the bug is Fixed in Fremantle.

0 bugs were resolved "invalid".

2 bugs were resolved "wontfix":

• 4744 facebook video not working: "Flash Player upgrade required"
• 5117 retutime only works sometimes

0 bugs were resolved "duplicate".

1 bug was resolved "worksforme":

• 3557 Browser tops its windows by itself

0 bugs were resolved "moved".


Resolved Enhancements
1 enhancement was resolved "fixed":

• 3602 osso-software-version-rx*4 dependencies prevent removing many unnecessary packages (FiF)

(FiF) indicates the enhancement is Fixed in Fremantle.

1 enhancement was resolved "invalid":

• 788 nick completion or nick selection in chatrooms

0 enhancements were resolved "wontfix".

0 enhancements were resolved "duplicate".

0 enhancements were resolved "worksforme".

0 enhancements were resolved "moved".


Confirmed Items
0 bugs were confirmed.

0 enhancements were confirmed.


Reopened Items
0 bugs were reopened.

0 enhancements were reopened.


Unloved Items
0 bugs were needing love.

2 enhancements were needing love:

• 4760 Add Truncate Playlist option to Media Player
• 4976 Add option in modest to add/not add new contact when replying to mail

Keyworded Items (glossary)
0 bugs were tagged "crash".

0 bugs were tagged "easyfix".

0 bugs were tagged "moreinfo".

2 bugs were tagged "patch":

• 5156 Fix modest compilation warning
• 5161 Fix some compilation warnings in GNOME version

0 bugs were tagged "performance".

0 bugs were tagged "security".

0 enhancements were tagged "easyfix".

0 enhancements were tagged "moreinfo".

0 enhancements were tagged "patch".

0 enhancements were tagged "performance".



This summary is also posted to the Maemo developers' list and the Maemo Bug Jar blog.

Maemo Official Applications Bug Jar 2009.39
A Quick Look at Maemo Official Applications in Bugzilla
2009-09-21 through 2009-09-27


As of 2009-09-28 Maemo Official Applications contains 1355 items (+3 this week),
including 222 open issues (-14 this week):

• 90 open bugs (-5 this week)
  • 1 critical/blocker (no change this week)
  • 0 "easyfix" (no change this week)
  • 13 "moreinfo" (-5 this week)
  • 0 "crash" (no change this week)
  • 12 "patch" (no change this week)
  • 7 reopened (no change this week)
  • 14 unconfirmed (-1 this week)
• 132 open enhancements (-9 this week)
  • 2 "easyfix" (no change this week)
  • 3 "moreinfo" (-6 this week)
  • 10 "patch" (no change this week)
  • 0 reopened (no change this week)
  • 4 unconfirmed (-2 this week)

Top Tens
Ten biggest open bugs by number of votes:

1. (15%) 2405 Center dpad press is treated as <enter> key, triggering form submit instead of activating finger keyboard
2. (10%) 1112 Recurrent alarms do not work reliably
3. (10%) 3298 Focus not set to location bar after Ctrl-L shortcut is used
4. (7%) 349 Browser does not use user certificates from certman (control panel)
5. (7%) 1860 Won't pass through VPN
6. (6%) 2987 Does not always mark e-mails as read (dovecot/cyrus/google IMAP server)
7. (4%) 3439 Connects to Audio but does not play sound when successfully installing package
8. (3%) 2150 PDF Reader doesn't support internal document hyperlinks
9. (3%) 3014 File chooser should remember last directory
10. (3%) 3456 Modest does not retrieve "Messages and attachments" automatically for IMAP (new this week)

Please visit bugs.maemo.org to vote. Registration is easy and free.

Ten biggest open enhancements by number of votes:

1. (5%) 2758 Setting a device name should set also the hostname (+3 this week)
2. (5%) 761 Please add support for 'fit visible' option to PDF reader
3. (5%) 1235 Please consider open-sourcing the media player (+2 this week)
4. (5%) 1282 List new applications in Application Manager (-1 this week)
5. (5%) 2710 Don't show disclaimers unnecesarily when installing/updating software (+1 this week)
6. (4%) 3929 Requesting integration of some community supplied XTerm enhancements (+1 this week)
7. (3%) 1851 Add "Appear in Desktop" flag for each feed (+1 this week)
8. (3%) 2670 bluetooth keyboard repeat rate control needed (+1 this week)
9. (3%) 2962 Integrate Evolution Contact addresses to Map application (+1 this week)
10. (2%) 601 should offer remove/install multiple packages at once (new this week)

Please visit bugs.maemo.org to vote. Registration is easy and free.

Ten hottest open bugs:

1. 1112 Recurrent alarms do not work reliably
2. 3675 backup will loop nearly infinitely for directories containing pairs of symlinks that do not point to descendants because backup is following them (+1 this week)
3. 4737 contacts can nuke the whole roster plus leave it screwed (+1 this week)
4. 3809 Typing occasionally slows to a crawl, lags input (+1 this week)
5. 2150 PDF Reader doesn't support internal document hyperlinks (+1 this week)
6. 3672 Internet Call keeps trying a non-existing IP (+1 this week)
7. 304 Global Proxy configuration not obeyed by RSS feed reader (+1 this week)
8. 349 Browser does not use user certificates from certman (control panel) (+1 this week)
9. 4051 Restoring backup of a file where file system has a directory gives bogus error (+1 this week)
10. 4918 Locales not working correctly (new this week)

Ten hottest open enhancements:

1. 1563 Application installer to send feedback to the providing site if install fails
2. 2758 Setting a device name should set also the hostname
3. 5109 Deleting email should be more evident...
4. 960 specify socks proxy for Google Talk (to work behind firewall)
5. 1235 Please consider open-sourcing the media player (+1 this week)
6. 2317 Chat doesn't show <composing> and <inactive> for chatting contact (+2 this week)
7. 2779 Modest doesn't support S/MIME encryption (+3 this week)
8. 3089 Add Contact and/or Map link to alarm (new this week)
9. 3279 Streamlining user access to the Extras repository (new this week)
10. 3845 New list of valid categories needs to be added to Application Manager and localized (new this week)

Ten oldest open bugs:

1. 304 Global Proxy configuration not obeyed by RSS feed reader
2. 349 Browser does not use user certificates from certman (control panel)
3. 935 RSS reader misbehavior on HTTP redirects (RFC 2616 violation)
4. 1112 Recurrent alarms do not work reliably
5. 1142 news reader does not support authenticated feeds
6. 1800 tapping browser rss icon lists two RSS feeds, one from an iframe (+1 this week)
7. 1801 tapping browser rss icon should list ATOM feed, not just RSS (+1 this week)
8. 1860 Won't pass through VPN (+1 this week)
9. 2150 PDF Reader doesn't support internal document hyperlinks (+1 this week)
10. 2152 Documentation on how to build MicroB is not correct (new this week)

Ten oldest open enhancements:

1. 339 Browser able to access localhost without Internet connectivity
2. 601 should offer remove/install multiple packages at once
3. 604 Renaming files by changing only case should be allowed
4. 718 Supporting Jabber through proxy (+2 this week)
5. 761 Please add support for 'fit visible' option to PDF reader (+2 this week)
6. 960 specify socks proxy for Google Talk (to work behind firewall) (+2 this week)
7. 972 Manage all accounts (Email etc) in Control Panel's Account settings (+2 this week)
8. 1117 xml to html xslt needs to handle opml files (new this week)
9. 1118 Address book should support importing either LDIF or LDAP (new this week)
10. 1228 Fast forward or rewind media files (new this week)

Maemo Official Applications Bug Jar 2009.39 (continued)

New Items
3 bugs were opened:

• 5175 Regression in Fremantle with retrieving message bodies from server
• 5188 Remove HildonDialog deprecated symbol
• 5218 Voice/video call n900 to n810 doesn't work at all

0 bugs were critical/blocker.

0 enhancements were opened.


Resolved Bugs
2 bugs were resolved "fixed":

• 1528 Cannot add a trusted certificate to Web Browser (FiF)
• 3085 Difficult to determine source of incoming IMs if contact goes offline (FiF)

(FiF) indicates the bug is Fixed in Fremantle.

1 bug was resolved "invalid":

• 2457 Import of bookmark files containing illegal char's in folder name

1 bug was resolved "wontfix":

• 3700 Put signatures not on top in replies (thereby not forcing top-post)

0 bugs were resolved "duplicate".

5 bugs were resolved "worksforme":

• 2642 Importing bookmarks from Google: nothing in the folders
• 3250 Keys of special characters of the physical keyboard don't work at web text entries
• 4107 "dati_bd_button_select_location" is used as a dialog title
• 4112 game_ia_startup_not_started is also used as an info banner in violation of translation rules
• 4173 100% CPU time after 110 seconds

0 bugs were resolved "moved".


Resolved Enhancements
3 enhancements were resolved "fixed":

• 637 Certificates not backed up or restored (FiF)
• 639 Certificate Manager should import PKCS#7 files. (FiF)
• 2156 No touch scrolling on sites that use onMouseDown or onMouseclick like events (FiF)

(FiF) indicates the enhancement is Fixed in Fremantle.

3 enhancements were resolved "invalid":

• 986 add support for OPML feeds file import to RSS news reader
• 2557 Keep Sent and Drafts on IMAP server
• 4588 location based unequal hours (clock for Religion, Astronomy, Astrology etc)

1 enhancement was resolved "wontfix":

• 2592 Default phone associated to tablet (bluetooth pairing) should get restored

0 enhancements were resolved "duplicate".

2 enhancements were resolved "worksforme":

• 2046 browser should handle unrecognized content and xml
• 2525 Preedit does not function in the browser

0 enhancements were resolved "moved".


Confirmed Items
0 bugs were confirmed.

1 enhancement was confirmed:

• 4976 Add option in modest to add/not add new contact when replying to mail

Reopened Items
1 bug was reopened:

• 3700 Put signatures not on top in replies (thereby not forcing top-post)

0 enhancements were reopened.


Unloved Items
0 bugs were needing love.

1 enhancement was needing love:

• 4760 Add Truncate Playlist option to Media Player

Keyworded Items (glossary)
0 bugs were tagged "crash".

0 bugs were tagged "easyfix".

0 bugs were tagged "moreinfo".

1 bug was tagged "patch":

• 5188 Remove HildonDialog deprecated symbol

0 bugs were tagged "performance".

0 bugs were tagged "security".

0 enhancements were tagged "easyfix".

0 enhancements were tagged "moreinfo".

0 enhancements were tagged "patch".

0 enhancements were tagged "performance".



This summary is also posted to the Maemo developers' list and the Maemo Bug Jar blog.

Maemo Official Platform Bug Jar 2009.40 (continued)

New Items
10 bugs were opened:

• 5237 Gtk:ialog::get_action_area() returns null
• 5238 Gtk:ialog::get_action_area() returns null
• 5248 Screenshot tool does not respect volume settings/silent
• 5258 N900 user manual refers to "Applications menu"
• 5259 Random sentence in N900 user manual ToC
• 5260 N900 user manual is unnecessarily awkward in avoiding use of e.g.
• 5261 Don't mention "sales package", just say device
• 5263 N900 user manual is unnecessarily awkward in avoiding use of e.g.
• 5264 N900 user manual should not refer to sketching as a function
• 5265 N900 user manual "About Maemo software" section revisions

0 bugs were critical/blocker.

1 enhancement was opened:

• 5262 N900 user manual is unnecessarily awkward in avoiding use of e.g. part deuce

Resolved Bugs
4 bugs were resolved "fixed":

• 1958 VKB cut/paste popup causes keyboard to close on CellRendererText (FiF)
• 2171 pthread problems with qemu (FiF)
• 3858 maemo-launcher build-depends on libhildondesktop-dev, which in turn build-depends on maemo-launcher-dev
• 4120 All device sounds missing after an alarm occurs if internet radio enabled, needs reboot to recover sound (FiF)

(FiF) indicates the bug is Fixed in Fremantle.

2 bugs were resolved "invalid":

• 3516 reboot resets background specified via symlink from SD card
• 5237 Gtk:ialog::get_action_area() returns null

12 bugs were resolved "wontfix":

• 2166 Bluetooth keyboard repeat rate control set too fast (duplicating letters)
• 2512 Unable to launch thumb keyboard with the center d-pad
• 2616 iGo (Stowaway Ultra-Slim) Bluetooth keyboard waking from sleep causes desktop crash
• 2850 On screen keyboard dooesn't always realise that bluetooth keyboard has been connected or disconnected
• 2973 IGo Stowaway Ultra-Slim BT & Apple keyboard layout changes on wakeup
• 3042 Dead keys on Think Outside/iGo (Stowaway Ultra-Slim) BT keyboard
• 3359 BT keyboard lags and loses typed characters.
• 3532 Stops accepting input from Think Outside/iGo (Stowaway Ultra-Slim) BT keyboard
• 3943 MCE: SSU shows 'broken' status after install due to mce left unconfigured
• 3961 Wimax loaded BEFORE wifi confuses some things
• 4069 first item (Select applets...) in home menu is truncated in Spanish (MX)
• 5167 No AppMenu when clicking on HildonEditToolbar's "titlebar"

2 bugs were resolved "duplicate":

• 5197 Gnome-vfs fail under ftp and sftp
• 5238 Gtk:ialog::get_action_area() returns null

2 bugs were resolved "worksforme":

• 2069 Media streamer stops working
• 3985 no speaker sound after unplugging headphones

0 bugs were resolved "moved".


Resolved Enhancements
2 enhancements were resolved "fixed":

• 1943 Provide an easy way to add dsp tasks to the dsp_dld config file (FiF)
• 3898 Excessive logging of audio events (FiF)

(FiF) indicates the enhancement is Fixed in Fremantle.

2 enhancements were resolved "invalid":

• 4262 Pinch gesture (multitouch) for zooming like iPhone
• 5204 rSAP is not available/ supported yet - will it be implemented in future versions of Maemo 5?

4 enhancements were resolved "wontfix":

• 2429 Device mode menu is accessible only with Power button
• 3417 DSP kernel does not seem to contain any CLK functionality
• 3437 Windows Update Wizard doesn't make it clear enough what the "swap" key is
• 5200 Support for Indian languages like TELUGU AND HINDI

0 enhancements were resolved "duplicate".

1 enhancement was resolved "worksforme":

• 3667 gstrtbin does not send SR packets

0 enhancements were resolved "moved".


Confirmed Items
3 bugs were confirmed:

• 3180 apt-get may not work inside scratchbox if DNS is not in the local machine
• 3867 unable to select trusted authority cert in connection wizard
• 4828 "Getting Started" documentation inadequacies

0 enhancements were confirmed.


Reopened Items
0 bugs were reopened.

1 enhancement was reopened:

• 1695 Provide "open link in background"

Unloved Items
4 bugs were needing love:

• 5173 HildonPickerDialog selects the first item always if appended into shown widget
• 5178 hildon_gtk_button drawn incorrectly with HILDON_SIZE_FINGER_HEIGHT in maemo-sliders example
• 4789 ipctest.c input_cb seems to pass a reference to a freed pointer to sscanf
• 5153 libsdl: After call to SDL_WM_SetIcon, SDL windows are not focusable

0 enhancements were needing love.


Keyworded Items (glossary)
0 bugs were tagged "crash".

0 bugs were tagged "easyfix".

9 bugs were tagged "moreinfo":

• 2705 Palm Tungsten T3 cannot transfer files with N800
• 3108 openssh won't connect through WPA/WPA2 Netgear DG834PN
• 3219 Garnet VM shouldn't kill alsa/dsp sound subsystem
• 3293 Bluetooth headset (Jabra bt2020) connectivity needs re-pairing to work
• 3659 Changing icon theme requires reboot to be applied correctly
• 3945 WiFi PSM keeps tablet from responding to external network requests when radio is idle
• 4374 Plugging a USB keyboard can cause X crash/reboot when X is started with XInput disabled
• 5142 Hildon-desktop crashes when displaying a button on a transparent background
• 5159 MySQL compile: make fails with do_abi_check (maybe ignores -nostdinc)

0 bugs were tagged "patch".

0 bugs were tagged "performance".

0 bugs were tagged "security".

0 enhancements were tagged "easyfix".

0 enhancements were tagged "moreinfo".

0 enhancements were tagged "patch".

0 enhancements were tagged "performance".



This summary is also posted to the Maemo developers' list and the Maemo Bug Jar blog.

Maemo Official Applications Bug Jar 2009.40
A Quick Look at Maemo Official Applications in Bugzilla
2009-09-28 through 2009-10-04

Note: The posting of next week's edition will likely be delayed one day while I return from the Summit.

As of 2009-10-05 Maemo Official Applications contains 1359 items (+4 this week),
including 210 open issues (-12 this week):

• 86 open bugs (-4 this week)
  • 1 critical/blocker (no change this week)
  • 0 "easyfix" (no change this week)
  • 18 "moreinfo" (+5 this week)
  • 0 "crash" (no change this week)
  • 12 "patch" (no change this week)
  • 9 reopened (+2 this week)
  • 13 unconfirmed (-1 this week)
• 124 open enhancements (-8 this week)
  • 2 "easyfix" (no change this week)
  • 3 "moreinfo" (no change this week)
  • 11 "patch" (+1 this week)
  • 0 reopened (no change this week)
  • 4 unconfirmed (no change this week)

Top Tens
Ten biggest open bugs by number of votes:

1. (12%) 1112 Recurrent alarms do not work reliably (+1 this week)
2. (12%) 3298 Focus not set to location bar after Ctrl-L shortcut is used (+1 this week)
3. (8%) 349 Browser does not use user certificates from certman (control panel) (+1 this week)
4. (8%) 1860 Won't pass through VPN (+1 this week)
5. (7%) 2987 Does not always mark e-mails as read (dovecot/cyrus/google IMAP server) (+1 this week)
6. (5%) 3439 Connects to Audio but does not play sound when successfully installing package (+1 this week)
7. (5%) 3700 Put signatures not on top in replies (thereby not forcing top-post) (new this week)
8. (3%) 2150 PDF Reader doesn't support internal document hyperlinks
9. (3%) 3014 File chooser should remember last directory
10. (3%) 3456 Modest does not retrieve "Messages and attachments" automatically for IMAP

Please visit bugs.maemo.org to vote. Registration is easy and free.

Ten biggest open enhancements by number of votes:

1. (6%) 2758 Setting a device name should set also the hostname
2. (5%) 761 Please add support for 'fit visible' option to PDF reader
3. (5%) 1235 Please consider open-sourcing the media player
4. (5%) 1282 List new applications in Application Manager
5. (5%) 2710 Don't show disclaimers unnecesarily when installing/updating software
6. (4%) 3929 Requesting integration of some community supplied XTerm enhancements
7. (3%) 1851 Add "Appear in Desktop" flag for each feed
8. (3%) 2962 Integrate Evolution Contact addresses to Map application (+1 this week)
9. (3%) 601 should offer remove/install multiple packages at once (+1 this week)
10. (3%) 1921 Add OTR (Off-the-Record Messaging) support for IM client (new this week)

Please visit bugs.maemo.org to vote. Registration is easy and free.

Ten hottest open bugs:

1. 1112 Recurrent alarms do not work reliably
2. 3675 backup will loop nearly infinitely for directories containing pairs of symlinks that do not point to descendants because backup is following them
3. 4024 Modest background process pops up Edit Account dialogs (new this week)
4. 4737 contacts can nuke the whole roster plus leave it screwed (-1 this week)
5. 3809 Typing occasionally slows to a crawl, lags input (-1 this week)
6. 2150 PDF Reader doesn't support internal document hyperlinks (-1 this week)
7. 3672 Internet Call keeps trying a non-existing IP (-1 this week)
8. 304 Global Proxy configuration not obeyed by RSS feed reader (-1 this week)
9. 349 Browser does not use user certificates from certman (control panel) (-1 this week)
10. 4051 Restoring backup of a file where file system has a directory gives bogus error (-1 this week)

Ten hottest open enhancements:

1. 1563 Application installer to send feedback to the providing site if install fails
2. 2758 Setting a device name should set also the hostname
3. 5109 Deleting email should be more evident...
4. 960 specify socks proxy for Google Talk (to work behind firewall)
5. 1235 Please consider open-sourcing the media player
6. 2317 Chat doesn't show <composing> and <inactive> for chatting contact
7. 2779 Modest doesn't support S/MIME encryption
8. 3089 Add Contact and/or Map link to alarm
9. 3279 Streamlining user access to the Extras repository
10. 5139 Provide multi-user chat (chatroom / IRC) support again (new this week)

Ten oldest open bugs:

1. 304 Global Proxy configuration not obeyed by RSS feed reader
2. 349 Browser does not use user certificates from certman (control panel)
3. 935 RSS reader misbehavior on HTTP redirects (RFC 2616 violation)
4. 1112 Recurrent alarms do not work reliably
5. 1142 Impossible to add authenticated RSS feeds (username & password)
6. 1800 tapping browser rss icon lists two RSS feeds, one from an iframe
7. 1801 tapping browser rss icon should list ATOM feed, not just RSS
8. 1860 Won't pass through VPN
9. 2150 PDF Reader doesn't support internal document hyperlinks
10. 2152 Documentation on how to build MicroB is not correct

Ten oldest open enhancements:

1. 339 Browser able to access localhost without Internet connectivity
2. 601 should offer remove/install multiple packages at once
3. 604 Renaming files by changing only case should be allowed
4. 718 Supporting Jabber through proxy
5. 761 Please add support for 'fit visible' option to PDF reader
6. 960 specify socks proxy for Google Talk (to work behind firewall)
7. 972 Manage all accounts (Email etc) in Control Panel's Account settings
8. 1117 xml to html xslt needs to handle opml files
9. 1118 Address book should support importing either LDIF or LDAP
10. 1228 Fast forward or rewind media files

Maemo Official Applications Bug Jar 2009.40 (continued)

New Items
5 bugs were opened:

• 5241 Import conic support only if It's available
• 5242 Remove Hildon 0.x conditional code
• 5249 Remove Hildon 1.x conditional code in Hildon2 version of modest
• 5266 Remove unneeded modest_osso_load_state () calls
• 5267 Remove unused modest-osso-autosave-callbacks.[c/h] files

0 bugs were critical/blocker.

0 enhancements were opened.


Resolved Bugs
6 bugs were resolved "fixed":

• 3073 Can't enter non-alphabetic Control Sequences such as Ctrl-\, Ctrl-[... (FiF)
• 3941 Signature separator misses trailing space (RFC 3676 violation) (FiF)
• 4889 Use single GTK+ includes
• 4918 Locales not working correctly
• 5156 Fix modest compilation warning
• 5188 Remove HildonDialog deprecated symbol

(FiF) indicates the bug is Fixed in Fremantle.

1 bug was resolved "invalid":

• 2521 FM won't open files with known mime type unless the mime type has glob <pattern="*.xxx"/>

3 bugs were resolved "wontfix":

• 2405 Center dpad press is treated as <enter> key, triggering form submit instead of activating finger keyboard
• 2897 Clock does not use locale setting for day names
• 3640 Finger keyboard not shown after pressing center dpad key

0 bugs were resolved "duplicate".

0 bugs were resolved "worksforme".

0 bugs were resolved "moved".


Resolved Enhancements
3 enhancements were resolved "fixed":

• 1233 Microsoft Exchange support in email application (FiF)
• 3845 New list of valid categories needs to be added to Application Manager and localized (FiF)
• 4916 Re-enable reset and/or reset-and-clear in osso-xterm

(FiF) indicates the enhancement is Fixed in Fremantle.

0 enhancements were resolved "invalid".

3 enhancements were resolved "wontfix":

• 2670 bluetooth keyboard repeat rate control needed
• 2976 Separate input settings for auto-capitalisation for bluetooth keyboards
• 3722 Packages outside of section user/* should be backed up when Red Pill is enabled

1 enhancement was resolved "duplicate":

• 3090 Contacts should allow for a link into Maps

2 enhancements were resolved "worksforme":

• 2868 Add Novell Groupwise IM support (by telepathy-haze) for Chat accounts
• 3201 add Lotus Sametime support to RTCOMM

0 enhancements were resolved "moved".


Confirmed Items
0 bugs were confirmed.

0 enhancements were confirmed.


Reopened Items
3 bugs were reopened:

• 3748 Erroneous "Game not started yet" message in Blocks and Marbles
• 3941 Signature separator misses trailing space (RFC 3676 violation)
• 4024 Modest background process pops up Edit Account dialogs

0 enhancements were reopened.


Unloved Items
0 bugs were needing love.

1 enhancement was needing love:

• 4760 Add Truncate Playlist option to Media Player

Keyworded Items (glossary)
0 bugs were tagged "crash".

0 bugs were tagged "easyfix".

6 bugs were tagged "moreinfo":

• 2565 Media Player repeatedly forgets how to play an AVI file
• 3397 Download request signals aren't working
• 3506 "Open in new window" bug: new window blank, page loads in old window
• 3809 Typing occasionally slows to a crawl, lags input
• 3930 SSU not installable: "packages missing: libc6" (because libc6-dev is installed)
• 4944 Alarmd Dies with recurrence set to 0 minutes

6 bugs were tagged "patch":

• 3941 Signature separator misses trailing space (RFC 3676 violation)
• 5241 Import conic support only if It's available
• 5242 Remove Hildon 0.x conditional code
• 5249 Remove Hildon 1.x conditional code in Hildon2 version of modest
• 5266 Remove unneeded modest_osso_load_state () calls
• 5267 Remove unused modest-osso-autosave-callbacks.[c/h] files

0 bugs were tagged "performance".

0 bugs were tagged "security".

0 enhancements were tagged "easyfix".

0 enhancements were tagged "moreinfo".

0 enhancements were tagged "patch".

0 enhancements were tagged "performance".



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Maemo Official Applications Bug Jar 2009.41
A Quick Look at Maemo Official Applications in Bugzilla
2009-10-05 through 2009-10-11


As of 2009-10-12 Maemo Official Applications contains 1369 items (+10 this week),
including 215 open issues (+5 this week):

• 87 open bugs (+1 this week)
  • 1 critical/blocker (no change this week)
  • 0 "easyfix" (no change this week)
  • 16 "moreinfo" (-2 this week)
  • 0 "crash" (no change this week)
  • 12 "patch" (no change this week)
  • 9 reopened (no change this week)
  • 11 unconfirmed (-2 this week)
• 128 open enhancements (+4 this week)
  • 2 "easyfix" (no change this week)
  • 2 "moreinfo" (-1 this week)
  • 11 "patch" (no change this week)
  • 0 reopened (no change this week)
  • 3 unconfirmed (-1 this week)

Top Tens
Ten biggest open bugs by number of votes:

1. (13%) 1112 Recurrent alarms do not work reliably
2. (13%) 3298 Focus not set to location bar after Ctrl-L shortcut is used
3. (9%) 1860 Won't pass through VPN (+1 this week)
4. (8%) 2987 Does not always mark e-mails as read (dovecot/cyrus/google IMAP server) (+1 this week)
5. (6%) 3439 Connects to Audio but does not play sound when successfully installing package (+1 this week)
6. (6%) 3700 Put signatures not on top in replies (thereby not forcing top-post) (+1 this week)
7. (6%) 3748 Erroneous "Game not started yet" message in Blocks and Marbles (new this week)
8. (4%) 2150 PDF Reader doesn't support internal document hyperlinks
9. (4%) 3014 File chooser should remember last directory
10. (4%) 3456 Modest does not retrieve "Messages and attachments" automatically for IMAP

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Ten biggest open enhancements by number of votes:

1. (6%) 2758 Setting a device name should set also the hostname
2. (5%) 761 Please add support for 'fit visible' option to PDF reader
3. (5%) 1282 List new applications in Application Manager (+1 this week)
4. (5%) 1235 Please consider open-sourcing the media player (-1 this week)
5. (5%) 2710 Don't show disclaimers unnecesarily when installing/updating software
6. (4%) 3929 Requesting integration of some community supplied XTerm enhancements
7. (3%) 1851 Add "Appear in Desktop" flag for each feed
8. (3%) 2962 Integrate Evolution Contact addresses to Map application
9. (3%) 601 should offer remove/install multiple packages at once
10. (3%) 1921 Add OTR (Off-the-Record Messaging) support for IM client

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Ten hottest open bugs:

1. 1112 Recurrent alarms do not work reliably
2. 3675 backup will loop nearly infinitely for directories containing pairs of symlinks that do not point to descendants because backup is following them
3. 4024 Modest background process pops up Edit Account dialogs
4. 4737 contacts can nuke the whole roster plus leave it screwed
5. 3809 Typing occasionally slows to a crawl, lags input
6. 2150 PDF Reader doesn't support internal document hyperlinks
7. 3672 Internet Call keeps trying a non-existing IP
8. 304 Global Proxy configuration not obeyed by RSS feed reader
9. 4051 Restoring backup of a file where file system has a directory gives bogus error (+1 this week)
10. 3941 Signature separator misses trailing space (RFC 3676 violation) (new this week)

Ten hottest open enhancements:

1. 1563 Application installer to send feedback to the providing site if install fails
2. 2758 Setting a device name should set also the hostname
3. 5109 Deleting email should be more evident...
4. 960 specify socks proxy for Google Talk (to work behind firewall)
5. 1235 Please consider open-sourcing the media player
6. 2317 Chat doesn't show <composing> and <inactive> for chatting contact
7. 2779 Modest doesn't support S/MIME encryption
8. 3089 Add Contact and/or Map link to alarm
9. 3279 Streamlining user access to the Extras repository
10. 5139 Provide multi-user chat (chatroom / IRC) support again

Ten oldest open bugs:

1. 304 Global Proxy configuration not obeyed by RSS feed reader
2. 935 RSS reader misbehavior on HTTP redirects (RFC 2616 violation) (+1 this week)
3. 1112 Recurrent alarms do not work reliably (+1 this week)
4. 1142 Impossible to add authenticated RSS feeds (username & password) (+1 this week)
5. 1800 tapping browser rss icon lists two RSS feeds, one from an iframe (+1 this week)
6. 1801 tapping browser rss icon should list ATOM feed, not just RSS (+1 this week)
7. 1860 Won't pass through VPN (+1 this week)
8. 2150 PDF Reader doesn't support internal document hyperlinks (+1 this week)
9. 2152 Documentation on how to build MicroB is not correct (+1 this week)
10. 2223 Changing device name impossible when in offline mode or bluetooth off (new this week)

Ten oldest open enhancements:

1. 339 Browser able to access localhost without Internet connectivity
2. 601 should offer remove/install multiple packages at once
3. 604 Renaming files by changing only case should be allowed
4. 718 Supporting Jabber through proxy
5. 761 Please add support for 'fit visible' option to PDF reader
6. 960 specify socks proxy for Google Talk (to work behind firewall)
7. 972 Manage all accounts (Email etc) in Control Panel's Account settings
8. 1117 xml to html xslt needs to handle opml files
9. 1118 Address book should support importing either LDIF or LDAP
10. 1228 Fast forward or rewind media files

Maemo Official Applications Bug Jar 2009.41 (continued)

New Items
5 bugs were opened:

• 5276 hildon-games-wrapper crashes in hgw_conf_request_string if gconf key has no value
• 5285 Media player hangs when selecting Internet radio
• 5295 Other Category appears twice
• 5301 no emails (but only folders) are listed in modest (IMAP4)
• 5309 don't show update all if no updates are available

0 bugs were critical/blocker.

5 enhancements were opened:

• 5291 Support multiple Company fields
• 5294 Support modifying only single ocuurrence of repeating event
• 5296 Day picker shows no daynames - hard to enter recurrence for e.g. 5 days only
• 5297 After enabling "Repeat", "Until" date should be asked for immediately
• 5300 Support sending files via Bluetooth in file manager

Resolved Bugs
2 bugs were resolved "fixed":

• 349 Browser does not use user certificates from certman (control panel)
• 5076 Ugly linebreaks in Description text in Application Manager

0 bugs were resolved "invalid".

0 bugs were resolved "wontfix".

0 bugs were resolved "duplicate".

2 bugs were resolved "worksforme":

• 4544 RSS Feed Reader freezes for 50 - 100 seconds on some feed
• 4926 web will not start up keeps updating

0 bugs were resolved "moved".


Resolved Enhancements
0 enhancements were resolved "fixed".

0 enhancements were resolved "invalid".

1 enhancement was resolved "wontfix":

• 5291 Support multiple Company fields

0 enhancements were resolved "duplicate".

0 enhancements were resolved "worksforme".

0 enhancements were resolved "moved".


Confirmed Items
1 bug was confirmed:

• 5295 Other Category appears twice

1 enhancement was confirmed:

• 2585 One-click moving to a common folder

Reopened Items
0 bugs were reopened.

0 enhancements were reopened.


Unloved Items
1 bug was needing love:

• 5276 hildon-games-wrapper crashes in hgw_conf_request_string if gconf key has no value

1 enhancement was needing love:

• 4760 Add Truncate Playlist option to Media Player

Keyworded Items (glossary)
0 bugs were tagged "crash".

0 bugs were tagged "easyfix".

0 bugs were tagged "moreinfo".

1 bug was tagged "patch":

• 3793 Segmentation fault when ossofilemanager access SMB shares

0 bugs were tagged "performance".

0 bugs were tagged "security".

0 enhancements were tagged "easyfix".

0 enhancements were tagged "moreinfo".

0 enhancements were tagged "patch".

0 enhancements were tagged "performance".



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Maemo Official Applications Bug Jar 2009.42
A Quick Look at Maemo Official Applications in Bugzilla
2009-10-12 through 2009-10-18


As of 2009-10-19 Maemo Official Applications contains 1503 items (+134 this week),
including 318 open issues (+103 this week):

• 139 open bugs (+52 this week)
  • 3 critical/blocker (+2 this week)
  • 1 "easyfix" (+1 this week)
  • 23 "moreinfo" (+7 this week)
  • 1 "crash" (+1 this week)
  • 13 "patch" (+1 this week)
  • 13 reopened (+4 this week)
  • 33 unconfirmed (+22 this week)
• 179 open enhancements (+51 this week)
  • 2 "easyfix" (no change this week)
  • 2 "moreinfo" (no change this week)
  • 12 "patch" (+1 this week)
  • 4 reopened (+4 this week)
  • 10 unconfirmed (+7 this week)

Top Tens
Ten biggest open bugs by number of votes:

1. (11%) 1112 Recurrent alarms do not work reliably
2. (10%) 3298 Focus not set to location bar after Ctrl-L shortcut is used
3. (7%) 1860 Won't pass through VPN
4. (6%) 2987 Does not always mark e-mails as read (dovecot/cyrus/google IMAP server)
5. (4%) 3439 Connects to Audio but does not play sound when successfully installing package
6. (4%) 3700 Put signatures not on top in replies (thereby not forcing top-post)
7. (4%) 3748 Erroneous "Game not started yet" message
8. (4%) 5505 DTMF tones are not sent through SIP (new this week)
9. (3%) 2150 PDF Reader doesn't support internal document hyperlinks (-1 this week)
10. (3%) 3014 File chooser should remember last directory (-1 this week)

Please visit bugs.maemo.org to vote. Registration is easy and free.

Ten biggest open enhancements by number of votes:

1. (12%) 5300 Support sending files via Bluetooth in file manager (new this week)
2. (4%) 2758 Setting a device name should set also the hostname (-1 this week)
3. (4%) 761 Please add support for 'fit visible' option to PDF reader (-1 this week)
4. (4%) 1282 List new applications in Application Manager (-1 this week)
5. (3%) 1235 Please consider open-sourcing the media player (-1 this week)
6. (3%) 2710 Don't show disclaimers unnecesarily when installing/updating software (-1 this week)
7. (3%) 5357 Does not accept GSM (USSD) Codes starting with *# (new this week)
8. (3%) 3929 Requesting integration of some community supplied XTerm enhancements (-2 this week)
9. (2%) 1851 Add "Appear in Desktop" flag for each feed (-2 this week)
10. (2%) 2962 Integrate Evolution Contact addresses to Map application (-2 this week)

Please visit bugs.maemo.org to vote. Registration is easy and free.

Ten hottest open bugs:

1. 5353 Phone app crashed as call ending (new this week)
2. 1112 Recurrent alarms do not work reliably (-1 this week)
3. 5503 Failed outgoing mails when using Nokia Messaging and Exchange (new this week)
4. 5385 Check available diskspace BEFORE starting the installation (new this week)
5. 3675 backup will loop nearly infinitely for directories containing pairs of symlinks that do not point to descendants because backup is following them (-3 this week)
6. 4024 Modest background process pops up Edit Account dialogs (-3 this week)
7. 4737 contacts can nuke the whole roster plus leave it screwed (-3 this week)
8. 3809 Typing occasionally slows to a crawl, lags input (-3 this week)
9. 304 Automatic proxy configuration URL not obeyed by RSS feed reader (-1 this week)
10. 2150 PDF Reader doesn't support internal document hyperlinks (-4 this week)

Ten hottest open enhancements:

1. 1563 Application installer to send feedback to the providing site if install fails
2. 2758 Setting a device name should set also the hostname
3. 5109 Deleting email should be more evident...
4. 960 specify socks proxy for Google Talk (to work behind firewall)
5. 1235 Please consider open-sourcing the media player
6. 2317 Chat doesn't show <composing> and <inactive> for chatting contact
7. 2779 Modest doesn't support S/MIME encryption
8. 3089 Add Contact and/or Map link to alarm
9. 3279 Streamlining user access to the Extras repository
10. 5139 Provide multi-user chat (chatroom / IRC) support again

Ten oldest open bugs:

1. 304 Automatic proxy configuration URL not obeyed by RSS feed reader
2. 935 RSS reader misbehavior on HTTP redirects (RFC 2616 violation)
3. 1112 Recurrent alarms do not work reliably
4. 1142 Impossible to add authenticated RSS feeds (username & password)
5. 1800 tapping browser rss icon lists two RSS feeds, one from an iframe
6. 1801 tapping browser rss icon should list ATOM feed, not just RSS
7. 1860 Won't pass through VPN
8. 2150 PDF Reader doesn't support internal document hyperlinks
9. 2152 Documentation on how to build MicroB is not correct
10. 2223 Changing device name impossible when in offline mode or bluetooth off

Ten oldest open enhancements:

1. 339 Browser able to access localhost without Internet connectivity
2. 601 should offer remove/install multiple packages at once
3. 604 Renaming files by changing only case should be allowed
4. 718 Supporting Jabber through proxy
5. 761 Please add support for 'fit visible' option to PDF reader
6. 960 specify socks proxy for Google Talk (to work behind firewall)
7. 972 Manage all accounts (Email etc) in Control Panel's Account settings
8. 1117 xml to html xslt needs to handle opml files
9. 1118 Address book should support importing either LDIF or LDAP
10. 1228 Fast forward or rewind media files