Maemo Official Platform Bug Jar 2010.51
A Quick Look at Maemo Official Platform in Bugzilla
2010-12-13 through 2010-12-19

Next week's edition of the Maemo Official Platform Bug Jar will be the last. Activity within the classification has slowed to a trickle, and bug comments no longer indicate changes in internal versions of components. It appears the Maemo Official Platform reports have run their course. Other Bug Jars will continue.

As of 2010-12-20 Maemo Official Platform contains:

• total items: 3449 (+5 this week)
  • total open items: 624 (-16 this week)
  • open bugs: 428 (-14 this week)
    • critical/blocker: 18 (-1 this week)
    • "easyfix": 6
    • "moreinfo": 51 (-13 this week)
    • "crash": 17
    • "patch": 20
    • reopened: 27
    • unconfirmed: 154 (-14 this week)
  • open enhancements: 196 (-2 this week)
    • "easyfix": 1
    • "moreinfo": 2 (-1 this week)
    • "patch": 4
    • reopened: 10
    • unconfirmed: 32 (-1 this week)

Top Tens
Ten biggest open bugs by number of votes:

1. (6%) 6063 [Telephony] voice calls inaudible most of the time, but not through speakers or earplugs
2. (5%) 5880 [Connectivity] A2DP unstable when WiFi is on.
3. (4%) 10366 [Desktop platform] MyNokia SMS sent after update without any action from the user
4. (3%) 9238 [Telephony] N900 loses cellular network connection regularly when signal strength is low.
5. (3%) 8435 [Desktop platform] Strange readings from pressure sensitive applications using gtk.gdk.AXIS_PRESSURE
6. (3%) 2501 [Desktop platform] Hardware keyboard doesn't switch Input language when pressing Ctrl+Space
7. (2%) 10412 [Desktop platform] hildon-desktop cpu usage, result=causes slow battery drain
8. (2%) 6784 [Multimedia] Crackling sounds with individual ringtones due to conversion to mono WAV
9. (2%) 6931 [Desktop platform] After installation of software last icon in list has default icon instead of own one
10. (2%) 6359 [Location] Geolocation show the wrong country when more than one country code in cities database

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Ten biggest open enhancements by number of votes:

1. (7%) 9314 [Licensing Change Requests] Relicense BME
2. (4%) 5371 [Desktop platform] Allow same shortcut to be used on multiple home screen desktops
3. (4%) 793 [System software] lock screen should have 'if lost' info (e.g. display owner contact info)
4. (4%) 1043 [Connectivity] Add priority to defined wifi connections
5. (4%) 6685 [Core] Generic pc105 layout is not supported
6. (3%) 5835 [Synchronization] Mail for Exchange does not Sync all Information for Google Contacts
7. (3%) 8483 [Connectivity] Bluetooth HID does not work
8. (3%) 3399 [Connectivity] Will not auto connect to WPA-Enterprise
9. (3%) 6357 [UI Specification] HildonPannableArea: Support arrow keys (in Image Viewer/Photos & RSS feed reader & MicroB)
10. (3%) 1890 [Multimedia] add equalizer

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Ten hottest open bugs:

1. 9138 [Licensing Change Requests] HildonFancyButton - request to have its licensing changed to LGPL 2.1
2. 8645 [Core] External vfat mmc corrupted, file tables damaged? all files missing
3. 4607 [Development platform] Sbrsh not included in Fremantle SDK devkits (CPU Transparency not working) (+5 this week)
4. 10685 [Desktop platform] The contacts application is crashing when Skype contact name with unusual Unicode characters is added (+5 this week)
5. 7796 [Connectivity] Call goes silent or bluetooth disconnects in car (-1 this week)
6. 10689 [Synchronization] MfE ignores sync schedule, syncs on each network reconnection (+1 this week)
7. 6345 [Synchronization] First Synchronization between N900 and Exchange 2007 Server fails (-4 this week)
8. 3755 [Development platform] DNS breaks from rootstraps (-3 this week)
9. 6853 [Synchronization] Fetching contacts from S60 phone (E75) incomplete (-3 this week)
10. 8695 [Core] Xmodmap in Fremantle unable to modify keymaps (new this week)

Ten hottest open enhancements:

1. 7019 [Licensing Change Requests] Release source code of "getbootstate" (+1 this week)
2. 793 [System software] lock screen should have 'if lost' info (e.g. display owner contact info) (-1 this week)
3. 5835 [Synchronization] Mail for Exchange does not Sync all Information for Google Contacts (new this week)
4. 6357 [UI Specification] HildonPannableArea: Support arrow keys (in Image Viewer/Photos & RSS feed reader & MicroB) (+6 this week)
5. 1574 [Connectivity] Certificate Manager and WLAN EAP-TLS (+4 this week)
6. 995 [Connectivity] DNS resolution ignores local domain (+1 this week)
7. 2043 [Development platform] Development environment should support x86_64 and other non-x86 platforms (new this week)
8. 2820 [Multimedia] Store two volume levels (headphone & internal speaker) and automatically switch
9. 1043 [Connectivity] Add priority to defined wifi connections (new this week)
10. 356 [Core] Kernel lacks IPv6 support (-5 this week)

Ten oldest open bugs (unchanged for 7 weeks):

1. (1536 days) 796 [Desktop platform] Fix hard-coded paths in osso-af-startup build files
2. (1409 days) 1045 [Data] Media player breaks the original sorting of songs in a CD
3. (1227 days) 1792 [Core] chage assumes shadow passwords enabled, hence fails
4. (1183 days) 2051 [Connectivity] Unable to connect to EAP PEAP MSCHAPV2 without certificates
5. (1151 days) 2168 [Desktop platform] API needs destroy functions for user data
6. (1116 days) 2441 [Desktop platform] Apps failing to launch without any feedback why it failed
7. (1113 days) 2468 [Development platform] scratchbox should not include windres for arm
8. (1109 days) 2501 [Desktop platform] Hardware keyboard doesn't switch Input language when pressing Ctrl+Space
9. (1063 days) 2821 [UI Specification] Connection Manager: Global WLAN power saving settings in per-connection settings
10. (1005 days) 3034 [Desktop platform] gtkhtml: sup HTML element incorrectly rendered in RSS reader

Ten oldest open enhancements:

1. (1809 days) 356 [Core] Kernel lacks IPv6 support
2. (1621 days) 700 [Core] Split busybox into busybox and busybox_root
3. (1616 days) 708 [UI Specification] Connection icon should show signalstrength
4. (1557 days) 761 [UI Specification] PDF reader: Add support for 'fit visible' option
5. (1539 days) 793 [System software] lock screen should have 'if lost' info (e.g. display owner contact info)
6. (1421 days) 995 [Connectivity] DNS resolution ignores local domain
7. (1419 days) 1002 [Connectivity] WPA pre-shared key should allow HEX input
8. (1410 days) 1043 [Connectivity] Add priority to defined wifi connections
9. (1406 days) 1050 [Connectivity] "Connect automatically" should be connection specific
10. (1390 days) 1109 [Desktop platform] Use english strings if locale does not exist after restore (instead of logical strings)

Maemo Official Platform Bug Jar 2010.51 (continued)

New Items
3 bugs were opened:

• 11685 [UI Specification] The decimal/thousands separators should be defined by the language, not by the regional settings
• 11695 [Connectivity] Bluetooth partial connectivity problems with the car
• 11698 [Core] Taking photos impossible with kernel-power newer than 2.6.28-maemo37

0 bugs were critical/blocker.

1 enhancement was opened:

• 11683 [Connectivity] No Connection possible with WEP + PAP

Resolved Bugs
2 bugs were resolved "fixed":

• 4459 [Desktop platform] Documentation: Use "Desktop Widget" terminology
• 10929 [Multimedia] Playback volume of audio song reduces after resume when ending skype call. (FiH)

(FiH) indicates the bug is Fixed in Harmattan.

9 bugs were resolved "invalid":

• 9332 [Connectivity] Can't end call from bluetooth headset: Honda HFT bluetooth phone system
• 9396 [Connectivity] Proxy settings of one connection continues to be applied after switching to another connection
• 9691 [Telephony] Incoming call ring tone volume increases at the end of a missed call.
• 9771 [Connectivity] Bluetooth device disconnects while on call
• 10608 [Desktop platform] WM doesn't give focus to some apps, hence they don't receive keyboard input
• 11023 [Connectivity] bluetooth not sync
• 11039 [Connectivity] bluetooth not working
• 11101 [Desktop platform] widget disappearing
• 11222 [System software] USB connection to a laptop fails

1 bug was resolved "wontfix":

• 11685 [UI Specification] The decimal/thousands separators should be defined by the language, not by the regional settings

2 bugs were resolved "duplicate":

• 3180 [Development platform] apt-get may not work inside scratchbox if DNS is not in the local machine
• 11698 [Core] Taking photos impossible with kernel-power newer than 2.6.28-maemo37

4 bugs were resolved "worksforme":

• 10222 [Core] N900 reboots on startup!
• 10303 [Multimedia] Media Player "media format not supported for video file"
• 10784 [Telephony] Phone doesnt ring when profile changed from Silent to General.
• 10886 [System software] PR1.2 upgrade changed the regional settings to Algeria

0 bugs were resolved "moved".


Resolved Enhancements
0 enhancements were resolved "fixed".

0 enhancements were resolved "invalid".

1 enhancement was resolved "wontfix":

• 5438 [Telephony] Provide Alternate Line Service support

1 enhancement was resolved "duplicate":

• 11683 [Connectivity] No Connection possible with WEP + PAP

1 enhancement was resolved "worksforme":

• 9098 [Synchronization] Some contacts not syncing to NuevaSync

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:

• 10593 [Desktop platform] Unpredictable virtual keyboard repeat behaviour
• 9879 [Development platform] Old dpkg in ARM toolchain report bug on localized Maemo-Display-Name fields.
• 11611 [Development platform] Package qt4-dev-tools is out of date for PR1.3 SDK
• 10233 [Connectivity] curl does not support certificates with a SHA-2 signature.
• 10341 [Connectivity] Internet Connections menu doesn't recognise manually configured network
• 11057 [Desktop platform] Missed call notification is still shown after unlocking phone using unlock hard key and placing a call to the missed call contact.
• 11074 [Synchronization] calendar appointments from different time zone made in outlook 2007 ignore the time zone and show wrong time in N900
• 11091 [Core] Bug in cpufreq module - exposed in /proc/timer_stats
• 11310 [System software] Nokia headset stops working with N900, resolved though
• 11596 [Synchronization] Duplicate events on iCal when syncing via iSync Plug-in v2.0

5 enhancements were needing love:

• 7924 [Packaging Policy] Packager should include filesys usage in description automatically
• 9693 [Connectivity] Audible notification of bluetooth connect/disconnect
• 9710 [Synchronization] Enable choice of Access Point in MfE settings for Scheduled Sync
• 10153 [Connectivity] Bluetooth headset VR activation capability not implemented
• 10457 [Synchronization] Provide option to choose synchronisation folders

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

0 bugs were tagged "easyfix".

1 bug was tagged "moreinfo":

• 11695 [Connectivity] Bluetooth partial connectivity problems with the car

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".



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Maemo Official Platform Bug Jar 2010.52
A Quick Look at Maemo Official Platform in Bugzilla
2010-12-20 through 2010-12-26

This is the final edition of the Maemo Official Platform Bug Jar. Other Bug Jars will continue.

As of 2010-12-27 Maemo Official Platform contains:

• total items: 3456 (+7 this week)
  • total open items: 630 (+6 this week)
  • open bugs: 432 (+4 this week)
    • critical/blocker: 18
    • "easyfix": 6
    • "moreinfo": 51
    • "crash": 17
    • "patch": 20
    • reopened: 27
    • unconfirmed: 156 (+2 this week)
  • open enhancements: 198 (+2 this week)
    • "easyfix": 1
    • "moreinfo": 2
    • "patch": 4
    • reopened: 10
    • unconfirmed: 34 (+2 this week)

Top Tens
Ten biggest open bugs by number of votes:

1. (6%) 6063 [Telephony] voice calls inaudible most of the time, but not through speakers or earplugs
2. (5%) 5880 [Connectivity] A2DP unstable when WiFi is on.
3. (4%) 10366 [Desktop platform] MyNokia SMS sent after update without any action from the user
4. (3%) 9238 [Telephony] N900 loses cellular network connection regularly when signal strength is low.
5. (3%) 8435 [Desktop platform] Strange readings from pressure sensitive applications using gtk.gdk.AXIS_PRESSURE
6. (3%) 2501 [Desktop platform] Hardware keyboard doesn't switch Input language when pressing Ctrl+Space
7. (2%) 10412 [Desktop platform] hildon-desktop cpu usage, result=causes slow battery drain
8. (2%) 6784 [Multimedia] Crackling sounds with individual ringtones due to conversion to mono WAV
9. (2%) 6931 [Desktop platform] After installation of software last icon in list has default icon instead of own one
10. (2%) 6359 [Location] Geolocation show the wrong country when more than one country code in cities database

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Ten biggest open enhancements by number of votes:

1. (7%) 9314 [Licensing Change Requests] Relicense BME
2. (4%) 5371 [Desktop platform] Allow same shortcut to be used on multiple home screen desktops
3. (4%) 793 [System software] lock screen should have 'if lost' info (e.g. display owner contact info)
4. (4%) 1043 [Connectivity] Add priority to defined wifi connections
5. (4%) 6685 [Core] Generic pc105 layout is not supported
6. (3%) 5835 [Synchronization] Mail for Exchange does not Sync all Information for Google Contacts
7. (3%) 8483 [Connectivity] Bluetooth HID does not work
8. (3%) 3399 [Connectivity] Will not auto connect to WPA-Enterprise
9. (3%) 6357 [UI Specification] HildonPannableArea: Support arrow keys (in Image Viewer/Photos & RSS feed reader & MicroB)
10. (3%) 1890 [Multimedia] add equalizer

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Ten hottest open bugs:

1. 9138 [Licensing Change Requests] HildonFancyButton - request to have its licensing changed to LGPL 2.1
2. 8645 [Core] External vfat mmc corrupted, file tables damaged? all files missing
3. 10689 [Synchronization] MfE ignores sync schedule, syncs on each network reconnection (+3 this week)
4. 3755 [Development platform] DNS breaks from rootstraps (+4 this week)
5. 6345 [Synchronization] First Synchronization between N900 and Exchange 2007 Server fails (+2 this week)
6. 4607 [Development platform] Sbrsh not included in Fremantle SDK devkits (CPU Transparency not working) (-3 this week)
7. 6853 [Synchronization] Fetching contacts from S60 phone (E75) incomplete (+2 this week)
8. 7796 [Connectivity] Call goes silent or bluetooth disconnects in car (-3 this week)
9. 10685 [Desktop platform] The contacts application is crashing when Skype contact name with unusual Unicode characters is added (-5 this week)
10. 8057 [Connectivity] BH-900 headset supersedes the FM transmitter after receiving a phone call (new this week)

Ten hottest open enhancements:

1. 7019 [Licensing Change Requests] Release source code of "getbootstate"
2. 793 [System software] lock screen should have 'if lost' info (e.g. display owner contact info)
3. 9314 [Licensing Change Requests] Relicense BME (new this week)
4. 2076 [UI Specification] Adding file directories (i.e. Documents, MMC) to Task Launcher/Navigator (new this week)
5. 1574 [Connectivity] Certificate Manager and WLAN EAP-TLS
6. 995 [Connectivity] DNS resolution ignores local domain
7. 2043 [Development platform] Development environment should support x86_64 and other non-x86 platforms
8. 5835 [Synchronization] Mail for Exchange does not Sync all Information for Google Contacts (-5 this week)
9. 2820 [Multimedia] Store two volume levels (headphone & internal speaker) and automatically switch (-1 this week)
10. 1043 [Connectivity] Add priority to defined wifi connections (-1 this week)

Ten oldest open bugs (unchanged for 8 weeks):

1. (1543 days) 796 [Desktop platform] Fix hard-coded paths in osso-af-startup build files
2. (1416 days) 1045 [Data] Media player breaks the original sorting of songs in a CD
3. (1234 days) 1792 [Core] chage assumes shadow passwords enabled, hence fails
4. (1190 days) 2051 [Connectivity] Unable to connect to EAP PEAP MSCHAPV2 without certificates
5. (1158 days) 2168 [Desktop platform] API needs destroy functions for user data
6. (1123 days) 2441 [Desktop platform] Apps failing to launch without any feedback why it failed
7. (1120 days) 2468 [Development platform] scratchbox should not include windres for arm
8. (1116 days) 2501 [Desktop platform] Hardware keyboard doesn't switch Input language when pressing Ctrl+Space
9. (1070 days) 2821 [UI Specification] Connection Manager: Global WLAN power saving settings in per-connection settings
10. (1012 days) 3034 [Desktop platform] gtkhtml: sup HTML element incorrectly rendered in RSS reader

Ten oldest open enhancements:

1. (1816 days) 356 [Core] Kernel lacks IPv6 support
2. (1628 days) 700 [Core] Split busybox into busybox and busybox_root
3. (1623 days) 708 [UI Specification] Connection icon should show signalstrength
4. (1564 days) 761 [UI Specification] PDF reader: Add support for 'fit visible' option
5. (1546 days) 793 [System software] lock screen should have 'if lost' info (e.g. display owner contact info)
6. (1428 days) 995 [Connectivity] DNS resolution ignores local domain
7. (1426 days) 1002 [Connectivity] WPA pre-shared key should allow HEX input
8. (1417 days) 1043 [Connectivity] Add priority to defined wifi connections
9. (1413 days) 1050 [Connectivity] "Connect automatically" should be connection specific
10. (1397 days) 1109 [Desktop platform] Use english strings if locale does not exist after restore (instead of logical strings)

Maemo Official Platform Bug Jar 2010.52 (continued)

New Items
4 bugs were opened:

• 11715 [Licensing Change Requests] Consider open-sourcing libomap3cam and/or omap3camd
• 11718 [Location] Segmentation fault when used with PyQt4
• 11719 [Connectivity] Wifi scanning every minute
• 11720 [System software] Large amounts of I/O can cause a reboot

0 bugs were critical/blocker.

3 enhancements were opened:

• 11708 [Desktop platform] finger input shall react on finger-down, not finger-up
• 11714 [UI Specification] The user should be able to set the decimal/thousands separator to "." in English without affecting other settings
• 11721 [Multimedia] multimedia handsfree

Resolved Bugs
0 bugs were resolved "fixed".

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
0 enhancements were resolved "fixed".

0 enhancements were resolved "invalid".

1 enhancement was resolved "wontfix":

• 11708 [Desktop platform] finger input shall react on finger-down, not finger-up

0 enhancements were resolved "duplicate".

0 enhancements were resolved "worksforme".

0 enhancements were resolved "moved".


Confirmed Items
1 bug was confirmed:

• 11557 [Synchronization] Exchange calendar sync toggled off after some number of syncs

0 enhancements were confirmed.


Reopened Items
0 bugs were reopened.

0 enhancements were reopened.


Unloved Items
10 bugs were needing love:

• 10593 [Desktop platform] Unpredictable virtual keyboard repeat behaviour
• 9879 [Development platform] Old dpkg in ARM toolchain report bug on localized Maemo-Display-Name fields.
• 10233 [Connectivity] curl does not support certificates with a SHA-2 signature.
• 10341 [Connectivity] Internet Connections menu doesn't recognise manually configured network
• 11057 [Desktop platform] Missed call notification is still shown after unlocking phone using unlock hard key and placing a call to the missed call contact.
• 11074 [Synchronization] calendar appointments from different time zone made in outlook 2007 ignore the time zone and show wrong time in N900
• 11091 [Core] Bug in cpufreq module - exposed in /proc/timer_stats
• 11310 [System software] Nokia headset stops working with N900, resolved though
• 11596 [Synchronization] Duplicate events on iCal when syncing via iSync Plug-in v2.0
• 11715 [Licensing Change Requests] Consider open-sourcing libomap3cam and/or omap3camd

7 enhancements were needing love:

• 7924 [Packaging Policy] Packager should include filesys usage in description automatically
• 11714 [UI Specification] The user should be able to set the decimal/thousands separator to "." in English without affecting other settings
• 9693 [Connectivity] Audible notification of bluetooth connect/disconnect
• 9710 [Synchronization] Enable choice of Access Point in MfE settings for Scheduled Sync
• 10153 [Connectivity] Bluetooth headset VR activation capability not implemented
• 10457 [Synchronization] Provide option to choose synchronisation folders
• 11721 [Multimedia] multimedia handsfree

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 the maemo.org Bug Jar blog.