maemo.org Extras Bug Jar 2011.04

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A Quick Look at Extras in Bugzilla

2011-01-17 through 2011-01-23

As of 2011-01-24 Extras contains:

• total items 2244 (5)




• total open items 826


• open bugs 490 (1)




• critical/blocker 27 (1)


• 'easyfix' 4


• 'moreinfo' 3


• 'crash' 0


• 'patch' 4


• reopened 7


• unconfirmed 294 (2)




• open enhancements 336 (1)




• 'easyfix' 1


• 'moreinfo' 1


• 'patch' 3


• reopened 1


• unconfirmed 138 (1)

Top Tens

Ten biggest open bugs by number of votes (unchanged for 12 weeks):

(7%) 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%) 6456 [ogg-support] Register audio/ogg mimetype to support *.oga Vorbis audio files

(2%) 8508 [The One Ring] Integration with System Contacts isn't working

(2%) 5673 [eCoach] Implement translation infrastructure

Please visit Bugzilla to vote. Registration is easy and free.

Ten biggest open enhancements by number of votes (unchanged for 11 weeks):

(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

(6%) 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

(2%) 5018 [StockThis] Create a Desktop widget to display portfolio

(2%) 7374 [FM Radio] Record FM radio to file

(2%) 5564 [Dialcentral] Include links to the voice mail recordings in DC

Please visit Bugzilla to vote. Registration is easy and free.

Ten hottest open bugs:

7505 [Mauku] Claims to be free, but ships no license and says 'You are NOT allowed to modify or redistribute the source code.' (+2 this week)

10227 [Batlevel] Batlevel uses extremely high amount of power as normally installed. (+2 this week)

10238 [stopwatch] Uses, and causes services to use lots of CPU, even when display blanked. (-1 this week)

4726 [Mer] Mer Flash Installer, incompatible boot error (-3 this week)

4089 [Canola] SystemProperties plugin error crash after upgrade to beta11 (+1 this week)

7351 [Recorder] Recorder app closes automatically after few mins (-1 this week)

9750 [FriendStatus] FriendStatus fails to load contact history

11490 [Hermes] Expired OAuth tokens cause crash at start-up (+1 this week)

4083 [Canola] cannot access to video and internet files after upgrade to 2.0.b11 (+1 this week)

9969 [BlueMaemo] cant install BlueMaemo (-2 this week)

Ten hottest open enhancements:

9495 [MediaBox] Interface to web based services like Ovi Share, Picasa, Flickr etc. (+2 this week)

10901 [The One Ring] Proxy Support Needed (+2 this week)

10249 [Conboy] Hide plug-in selection if there is only one plugin (-2 this week)

11653 [Gonvert] No way to get unit description (-2 this week)

6620 [StockThis] Add Commodities to StockThis (new this week)

10009 [Multilist] Multilist doesn't allow changing category/list (new this week)

8509 [The One Ring] Auto-Pickup for phone calls (new this week)

9875 [Personal GPRS Monitor] function to set an start value (new this week)

9869 [Conboy] Add 'insert time-stamp' to text (new this week)

5004 [Attitude] Support theming to give spirit-level view (new this week)

Ten oldest open bugs (unchanged for 40 weeks):

(918 days) 3472 [Advanced Backlight] LCARS and Hildon iconsets aren't complete

(793 days) 3886 [Canola] Interface buttons disappeared: video, podcasts, internet media

(755 days) 3974 [Browser Extras] webaddons category applications have inconsistent name convention

(739 days) 4005 [Canola] AudioBroadcast UPnP items not showing when browsing

(731 days) 4036 [Canola] Canola cannot properly merge multiple tracks into one album

(727 days) 4050 [mNotes] random comments about make/mnotes_framework

(715 days) 4083 [Canola] cannot access to video and internet files after upgrade to 2.0.b11

(714 days) 4084 [Canola] Intermittent hangs on audio play

(713 days) 4087 [Canola] There is no GUI way to discover podcast URLs after creation

(713 days) 4089 [Canola] SystemProperties plugin error crash after upgrade to beta11

Ten oldest open enhancements (unchanged for 47 weeks):

(731 days) 4037 [Canola] Ability to switch between 'Play Random Track' and 'Album' mode

(724 days) 4058 [Canola] Vertical lists are not scrolled properly

(713 days) 4090 [Canola] Own radio stations and playlists are not supportet by canola last.fm plugin

(712 days) 4101 [Mer] zenity list should allow clicking in any column for radio and check lists

(709 days) 4117 [Canola] Tracks in playlists should be sortable by album and track

(656 days) 4255 [Canola] libre.fm support (instead of last.fm/audioscrobbler)

(646 days) 4335 [Mer] Armel slowness

(620 days) 4551 [Mer] Powerlaunch is unable to handle keyboard backlight.

(593 days) 4650 [Mer] Request for nbd kernel module

(591 days) 4662 [BlueMaemo] Ability to connect to Windows Mobile/Symbian devices

New Items

2 bugs were opened:

• 11795 [Erminig] Second and subsequent weekly repeat events off by one day


• 11799 [nQa Audiobook Player] Continuing Stopped - by files named by non-english characters

Of these, 1 was a critical/blocker:

• 11799 [nQa Audiobook Player] Continuing Stopped - by files named by non-english characters

3 enhancements were opened:

• 11796 [Vagalume] Add catalan translation


• 11797 [kmplayer] how to run kmplayer


• 11800 [ReSiStance] Mark a read post in a feed as read in all feeds

Resolved Bugs

1 bug was resolved 'fixed':

• 10749 [Erminig] crash during sync

0 bugs were resolved 'invalid'.

0 bugs were resolved 'wontfix'.

0 bugs were resolved 'duplicate'.

0 bugs were resolved 'worksforme'.

0 bugs were resolved 'moved'.

Resolved Enhancements

3 enhancements were resolved 'fixed':

• 11762 [ReSiStance] Filter by read/unread


• 11767 [ReSiStance] Do not save feed data when adding a lot of them in a row


• 11796 [Vagalume] Add catalan translation

1 enhancement was resolved 'invalid':

• 11797 [kmplayer] how to run kmplayer

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

10 bugs were needing love:

• 10227 [Batlevel] Batlevel uses extremely high amount of power as normally installed.


• 4251 [Mer] Gtk Theme Icon Errors - when launching Midori web browser


• 4890 [Mer] More missing strings


• 4844 [Load Applet] shows swap icon (floppy) even after swap is no longer in use


• 10771 [Catorise] duplicate shortcuts appear in shortcut list for desktop objects.


• 10982 [contacts-merger] contacts-merger crash when starting


• 11335 [FM Radio] audio problem incoming phone call


• 11674 [FM Radio] Recieving a voice call while FM radio is playing, will make the caller to hear the radio


• 11236 [mplayer] freezing after few seconds to few minutes of playing


• 11422 [eCoach] Track lengths are overestimated

10 enhancements were needing love:

• 10117 [Multilist] Enhance search by searching in all fileds, not only title


• 5701 [BlueMaemo] Bluemaemo Stylus Input for Handwriting and Drawing


• 11079 [Catorise] 'Invisible' Category for Catorise. Program Icons assigned to this category would be hidden. Would help minimize clutter.


• 9938 [conky] Time % in different CPU states visible on Conky display and temperature


• 10770 [Load Applet] Wishlist: Add Visible 'Recording' Indicator


• 11398 [MediaBox] Show clock during internet radio play


• 8397 [openvpn] Signal for openvpn applet to re-check current connections


• 11676 [openvpn] good software


• 8612 [Countdown Timer] Add portrait mode to Countdown Timer


• 8755 [Countdown Timer] Make the app shortcut name shorter

Keyworded Items

(glossary)

0 bugs were tagged 'crash'.

0 bugs were tagged 'easyfix'.

0 bugs were tagged 'moreinfo'.

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 talk.maemo.org.

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Album Art Lover: Look-Alikes

One of my best albums I’ve heard so far is Cape Dory, a nautical-obsessed indie pop album by Colorado husband-and-wife duo Tennis. The unique album cover is a near-exact replica of a vintage album cover by Lisa Hartman (the band apparently collects ’70s-’80s female pop artist vinyl just for the cover art). This got me thinking of other album cover doppelgangers I’ve encountered recently. Here’s a collection of covers that have striking similarities to each other (intentional or not). Also, if you’d like to seem some more of these, I recommend checking out the Album Cover Look-Alikes Mix I did a couple years back.

MP3 Tennis – Marathon

Y2B Lisa Hartman – Hold On, I’m Coming

MP3 Belle & Sebastian – Another Sunny Day

MP3 Pains of Being Pure at Heart – Stay Alive

Y2B David Bowie – Boys Keep Swinging

MP3 LCD Soundsystem – Dance Yrself Clean

MP3 Sufjan Stevens – Chicago

Y2B Slick Rick – Teenage Love

MP3 Thom Yorke – The Eraser

MP3 Iron & Wine – Walking Far From Home

MP3 Department of Eagles – No One Does It Like You

MP3 Dan Deacon – Snookered

MP3 Bloc Party – Ion Square

MP3 My Bloody Valentine – Soon

MP3 Blur – Good Song

Y2B Green Day – 21st Century Breakdown

MP3 New Pornographers – Letter from an Occupant

MP3 Kanye West – Runaway (feat. Pusha T)

Winter (Or What We Mistake for December)

Photo taken by the amazing garmonique

I’ll be honest with you, this collection of songs was compiled with nothing but mixed emotions and by that I mean I wasn’t able to put my finger on any real understanding of what Winter should feel like. Happy or sad? The undertones of what is otherwise pleasing to look at in nature often strikes differently in the depths of the mind where everything tends to get lost. Although I guess that’s just it for me, using music as an instrument to bridge these contradictions and find a sense of acceptance–which is the only point I find myself able to move forward (into the new year, of course). Maybe unlike the rest, Winter is the only time we’re given the option to choose… and well, I chose for it to be beautiful. Oh, but now you’ve read too far into it. Here’s to stouthearted growth.

MP3 Young the Giant – Islands

MP3 Benoit Pioulard – Lasted

MP3 White Hinterland – Thunderbird

MP3 Holly Miranda – You and I Undercover (Steel Train Cover)

MP3 S. Carey – In The Dirt

MP3 Horse Feathers – The Drought

MP3 James Vincent McMorrow – If I Had a Boat

MP3 Wye Oak – I Hope You Die

MP3 Agnes Obel – Brother Sparrow

MP3 Laura Veirs – I Can See Your Tracks

MP3 Bowerbirds – Crooked Lust

MP3 Ravenna Woods – Simple Fates

MP3 Bear Hands – Julien

MP3 Jonquil – Compound

MP3 Winterpills – The Ballad of the Anxious Decoder

MP3 Sufjan Stevens – Heirloom

MP3 Damien Jurado – Rachel & Cali

MP3 Samantha Crain – We Are The Same

MP3 Laura Marling – New Romantic

MP3 Snowblink – Ambergris

MP3 British Sea Power – Baby

MP3 Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – Simplest Love

MP3 The Walkmen – Torch Song

Download this mix in its entirety here: Various Artists – Winter (Or What We Mistake for December)-mfa.rar (158.23 MB)

$20 Off-Broadway deal returns Jan. 24 - Feb. 6

Timed to exactly coincide with Winter Restaurant Week, Off-Broadway’s 20at20 $20 ticket deal will return Jan. 24 through Feb. 6, offering cheap access to shows such as “The Divine Sister,” “The Road to Qatar” and “Stomp.”


The discounted tickets are available only at each theater’s box office starting 20 minutes before the show, as long as it hasn’t already sold out. To get the discount, ask for the “20at20” price.


So far, 32 shows have signed up to take part, including “Awesome 80s Prom,” “Freckleface Strawberry,” “Love, Loss, and What I Wore,” “The Flying Karamazov Brothers,” “The Fantasticks,” “Perfect Crime,” “My Big Gay Italian Wedding,” “Naked Boys Singing,” “NEWSical: Full Spin Ahead” and “Richard Skipper as “Carol Channing” in Concert.”


Resources: Show-by-show Off-Broadway review roundups compiled by StageGrade


NY Times’ Off-Broadway list

Pictures from the Royal Rendezvous fireworks

Pictures from the Royal Rendezvous fireworks:

Cunard Line’s Royal Rendezvous of its three queens took place in New York Harbor with a Grucci fireworks show.




After the fireworks, the ships arrived to pass in front of the Statue of Liberty one by one and then head out to sea.




Picture and video credit: Amy Langfield/NewYorkology.


Update: Manhattan offered better views of the ships and fireworks together:


Video from Girl on Ferry

Tugster blog photo gallery of the ships and fireworks

WNYC’s slideshow

Picture from redwingx

Picture from CruiseGuy

CunardLine’s picture of the ships and fireworks

AP picture in USA Today

Queen Victoria and fireworks picture from Girl on Ferry

e. Conrad’s fireworks photo set from Red Hook

The New Jersey view from @2jase

Jaunted’s picture gallery - taken from the Ritz-Carlton Battery Park

One Hour of NYC Taxi Trips In One Easy To Digest Graphic!

One Hour of NYC Taxi Trips In One Easy To Digest Graphic!: " As we all know, thanks to shift changes, cabs are scarce between 4 and 5 p.m. But have you ever wondered where the few taxis that are still on the road are going? Wonder no more. As part of the Hacks/Hackers NYC meetup Zoe Fraade-Blanar and others mapped TLC data for that hour from a single Tuesday in March 2009 into the awesome above graphic. [ more › ]







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Extension of Patent Term for Pharmaceuticals in Australia

In September 2009, we reported on an Australian Patent Office (APO) decision relating to an application for an extension of patent term for a trans-dermal patch. The application for an extension of patent term was denied by the APO on the basis that the claim was not directed to a “pharmaceutical substance” as is required by Section 70(2)(a). Our report on the APO decision denying the application for an extension of patent term can be found at the below link. As you can see, we found the APO’s decision uncontroversial, given that the claim was limited by reference to a “backing layer”. LTS Lohmann Therapie Systeme AG and Schwartz Pharma Ltd and Commissioner of Patents [2010] AAT 809.

The patentee appealed the APO decision to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT). The AAT has now handed down a decision confirming the APO’s denial of the application for an extension of patent term. The AAT appeal decision can be found here: LTS Lohmann Therapie Systeme AG and Schwarz Pharma Ltd and Commissioner of Patents [2010] AATA 809 (22 October 2010).

Whilst we find the AAT’s confirmation of the original APO denial uncontroversial, we are concerned by the AAT’s reasoning and particularly by the AAT’s comments at paragraph 32 where the AAT is critical of an unrelated APO decision (the Organon decision) in which the APO granted an extension of term for a patent directed to a steroid-impregnated, polymeric implant. In the Organon decision, the APO formed the view that the proper approach to deciding whether a claim is directed to a “pharmaceutical substance” (and hence eligible for an extension of term) is to look at the level of integration between the formulation and the associated delivery device.

At paragraph 32 of the appeal decision, the AAT suggests that the proper approach is to narrowly construe the phrase “pharmaceutical substance” to mean “the active ingredient(s)”. If the AAT’s approach is correct, then an extension of term will only be available for patents which have claims directed to novel & inventive active(s). The presence in the claim of any non-active will disqualify the patent from an extension of term.

It is our view that the AAT has seriously erred in construing “pharmaceutical substance” in this extremely narrow way. Our view for a broader construction is supported by the fact that “pharmaceutical substance” is defined in Schedule 1 of the statute as meaning “a substance (including a mixture or compound of substances) for therapeutic use…”.

We now wait to see how the APO will deal with the next application for an extension of term where the claim is limited by reference to some non-active constituent.

Today’s post is by Guest Barista Bill Bennett of Pizzeys.

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