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Community SSU

2011-01-30T03:23:26Z

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==What is it?==
Seamless Software Update ([[SSU]]), is the term Nokia used to brand the over-the-air updates of Maemo.

Community Seamless Software Update (CSSU) is being developed by the Maemo community, ''for'' the Maemo community. It aims to deliver fixes which can't be delivered easily through Extras, such as core Maemo packages. It won't, however, bundle software which can be installed through the Extras repositories.

'''There are two such efforts for the Maemo platform.''' This page describes the one for Fremantle (Maemo 5, as used in the Nokia N900). The '''[[Diablo Community Project]]''' is doing the same for Diablo (Maemo 4, as used in the Nokia N800 and N8x0).
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==Who is it for?==
'''Long-term:''' all N900 users/owners.

'''For now:''' power-users, developers, Nokia/Maemo/MeeGo engineers, testers, documentation writers and those willing to risk a re-flash in order to help.

==Installation==
# Make sure you're running [[Maemo 5/PR1.3|PR1.3]], Nokia's last official Maemo 5 update. To see if you have PR1.3, go into ''Settings > About product'', you should see under ''Version'' it has the numbers beginning with '''20.2010.36'''.
# Click on the [http://repository.maemo.org/community-testing/community-testing-fremantle.install Install testing] button above. (use http://bit.ly/communityssu or http://j.mp/communityssu as a quick link to this page from your Nokia N900)
# Hildon Application Manager (HAM) will launch and appear to be doing nothing but after a second or three it will display the first installation, so be patient. In all, there are a series of installations for which HAM will prompt you with messages and warnings. Click "accept" and "done" for each and let HAM install all the community packages.
# Once done (ie. no further install prompts appear after some while), close HAM and go into the applications menu. Look for ''Community SSU'' and launch it. This will then automatically run through a series of scripts to ensure HAM will now be using community repository for updates.
# HAM will re-open and present a system upgrade called ''Maemo 5 Community SSU''. Once installed, your device will reboot.

Problems? Check the [[Community_SSU/Installation_FAQ|Installation FAQ]]

==Contributing==
{| style="background: #e8d8c8; border: 1px solid #666; width: 100%; text-align: center"
| Get involved on [[IRC]] (<code>#maemo-ssu</code>), [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=67905 Talk], [https://bugs.maemo.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&product=Maemo%205%20Community%20SSU&classification=Extras Bugzilla] and [http://gitorious.org/community-ssu Gitorious].
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'''Can you write documentation?''' If so, it'd be great to flesh out the wiki page with installation instructions (to make it easy for users to install without worrying about missing a step or getting it wrong); explain more about the SSU and generally spruce up the wiki page and maintain things like the changelogs etc.

'''Were you involved in developing Maemo?''' If so, with Nokia now looking to Harmattan and MeeGo, we'd love to see your itches addressed in the Community SSU (CSSU). Have you always wanted to implement something in hildon-desktop, but Management stood in your way? We'd love to have it!

'''Have you written a patch for Maemo?''' Raise a bug and let's get it in the CSSU.

'''Are you a developer?''' There are numerous patches floating around for hildon-desktop; but they can't be included in the CSSU until they are configurable (via gconf) and default to off.

'''Want to test?''' Not only testing this release, but writing [[Community_SSU/QA#Test scripts|test scripts]] so that each release of the CSSU can get sanity checked before unleashing it into a "stable" repo for end-users. How do we do it? What should be tested? How is it organised?

'''Want to organise?''' There's still lots of process left to organise; hopefully there'll be bugs and features to triage and manage in bugs.maemo.org as well as communication of the testing, releases and end-user readiness of the CSSU.

For more information: contact MohammadAG on #maemo-ssu on FreeNode IRC or [mailto:council@maemo.org council@maemo.org].

== Changelog ==
{{main|Community SSU/Changelog}}

Changes in the SSU between PR1.3 and various SSU releases.

== QA and bugs ==
{{main|Community SSU/QA}}

Quality is of paramount importance to the Community SSU. There are, therefore, two repositories: ''testing'' and ''stable''. Changes are carefully tested, with an extensive set of tests, before things are made "stable".

If you have found a bug, in either the ''testing'' or ''stable'' releases, please [https://bugs.maemo.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Maemo%205%20Community%20SSU raise a bug]. Getting involved through testing, bug triaging and running of the tests is a good way to get involved; as, of course, is writing documentation!

== Development ==

{{main|Community SSU/Development}}

The Community SSU is developed and managed through [http://gitorious.org/community-ssu Gitorious]. Bugs are tracked in [https://bugs.maemo.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&product=Maemo%205%20Community%20SSU&classification=Extras Bugzilla]. Collaboration largely [http://mg.pov.lt/maemo-ssu-irclog/ happens on IRC]. Getting involved through development, bug triaging and managing developers is a good way to get involved.

[[Category:Community]]
[[Category:Fremantle]]

Community SSU

2011-01-29T17:21:58Z

46.12.7.133: /* Installation */

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default [http://repository.maemo.org/community-testing/community-testing-fremantle.install Install testing]
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[[Image:app_install_updates.png]]
</div>

==What is it?==
Seamless Software Update ([[SSU]]), is the term Nokia used to brand the over-the-air updates of Maemo.

Community Seamless Software Update (CSSU) is being developed by the Maemo community, ''for'' the Maemo community. It aims to deliver fixes which can't be delivered easily through Extras, such as core N900 packages. It won't, however, bundle software which can be installed through the Extras repositories.
<br clear="all">

==Who is it for?==
'''Long-term:''' all N900 users/owners.

'''For now:''' power-users, developers, Nokia/Maemo/MeeGo engineers, testers, documentation writers and those willing to risk a re-flash in order to help.

==Installation==
# Make sure you're running [[Maemo 5/PR1.3|PR1.3]], Nokia's last official Maemo 5 update. To see if you have PR1.3, go into ''Settings > About product'', you should see under ''Version'' it has the numbers beginning with '''20.2010.36'''.
# Click on the [http://repository.maemo.org/community-testing/community-testing-fremantle.install Install testing] button above. (use http://bit.ly/communityssu as a quick link from your Nokia N900)
# Hildon Application Manager (HAM) will launch and will prompt you a series of messages and warnings. It takes a second for HAM to display the installation progress, be patient. Click continue and let it install all the community package. Have patient,
# Once done, close HAM and go into the applications menu. Look for ''Community SSU'' and launch it. This will then automatically run through a series of scripts to ensure HAM will now be using community repository for updates.
# HAM will re-open and present a system upgrade called ''Maemo 5 Community SSU''. Once installed, your device will reboot.

Problems? Check the [[Community_SSU/Installation_FAQ|Installation FAQ]]

==Contributing==
{| style="background: #e8d8c8; border: 1px solid #666; width: 100%; text-align: center"
| Get involved on [[IRC]] (<code>#maemo-ssu</code>), [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=67905 Talk], [https://bugs.maemo.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&product=Maemo%205%20Community%20SSU&classification=Extras Bugzilla] and [http://gitorious.org/community-ssu Gitorious].
|}

'''Can you write documentation?''' If so, it'd be great to flesh out the wiki page with installation instructions (to make it easy for users to install without worrying about missing a step or getting it wrong); explain more about the SSU and generally spruce up the wiki page and maintain things like the changelogs etc.

'''Were you involved in developing Maemo?''' If so, with Nokia now looking to Harmattan and MeeGo, we'd love to see your itches addressed in the Community SSU (CSSU). Have you always wanted to implement something in hildon-desktop, but Management stood in your way? We'd love to have it!

'''Have you written a patch for Maemo?''' Raise a bug and let's get it in the CSSU.

'''Are you a developer?''' There are numerous patches floating around for hildon-desktop; but they can't be included in the CSSU until they are configurable (via gconf) and default to off.

'''Want to test?''' Not only testing this release, but writing [[Community_SSU/QA#Test scripts|test scripts]] so that each release of the CSSU can get sanity checked before unleashing it into a "stable" repo for end-users. How do we do it? What should be tested? How is it organised?

'''Want to organise?''' There's still lots of process left to organise; hopefully there'll be bugs and features to triage and manage in bugs.maemo.org as well as communication of the testing, releases and end-user readiness of the CSSU.

For more information: contact MohammadAG on #maemo-ssu on FreeNode IRC or [mailto:council@maemo.org council@maemo.org].

== Changelog ==
{{main|Community SSU/Changelog}}

Changes in the SSU between PR1.3 and various SSU releases.

== QA and bugs ==
{{main|Community SSU/QA}}

Quality is of paramount importance to the Community SSU. There are, therefore, two repositories: ''testing'' and ''stable''. Changes are carefully tested, with an extensive set of tests, before things are made "stable".

If you have found a bug, in either the ''testing'' or ''stable'' releases, please [https://bugs.maemo.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Maemo%205%20Community%20SSU raise a bug]. Getting involved through testing, bug triaging and running of the tests is a good way to get involved; as, of course, is writing documentation!

== Development ==

{{main|Community SSU/Development}}

The Community SSU is developed and managed through [http://gitorious.org/community-ssu Gitorious]. Bugs are tracked in [https://bugs.maemo.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&product=Maemo%205%20Community%20SSU&classification=Extras Bugzilla]. Collaboration largely [http://mg.pov.lt/maemo-ssu-irclog/ happens on IRC]. Getting involved through development, bug triaging and managing developers is a good way to get involved.

[[Category:Community]]
[[Category:Fremantle]]