07:01:33 #startmeeting 07:01:33 Meeting started Tue Oct 27 07:01:33 2015 UTC. The chair is robertl_. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 07:01:33 Useful Commands: #action #agreed #help #info #idea #link #topic. 07:01:46 please introduce yourselves 07:01:52 #info robertl_ is Robert Lyon, Catalyst in Wellington, New Zealand 07:01:52 #info anitsirk is Kristina Hoeppner, Catalyst, Wellington, NZ 07:02:04 #info mingard is Jono Mingard, Catalyst in Wellington, New Zealand 07:02:10 #info aaronw is Aaron Wells of Catalyst IT's office in Wellington, New Zealand 07:02:15 #info anzeljg is Gregor Anzelj, developer and translator, POVSOD, Ljubljana, Slovenia 07:02:42 anyone else? 07:03:07 seems to be it. don't know if ghada could join today or not 07:03:12 Right, here we go 07:03:14 #topic Items from last meeting 07:03:20 #info aarowlaptop and anitsirk to update readme file for Mahara 15.10 and 16.04 to say current things. 07:03:23 hi 07:03:31 hi 07:03:33 hi ghada 07:03:37 hi ghada. could you please introduce yourself? 07:03:47 robertl_: that's been done and merged 07:03:50 #info ghada is Ghada El-Zoghbi, Catalyst in Sydney, AU 07:03:58 ok, cool 07:04:01 next item 07:04:06 #info aarowlaptop to remove items from the upgrade script 07:04:14 #info Readme for 15.10 and 16.04 have been updated. 16.04 needs another update closer to the release date for actual browser support then. 07:05:05 I updated the 15.10 version.php file so that it indicates that it only supports upgrades from 1.6.0 07:05:18 but I didn't remove all the old upgrade sections from upgrade.php yet 07:05:34 so that will be a 15.10.1 thing then? 07:05:45 yeah, we could do that for 15.10.1 07:06:26 ok, that leaves us with the big news 07:06:31 #topic Discuss the latest release 15.10 07:06:38 Let's watch https://youtu.be/W94Uhc0JuO8?t=8m56s 07:07:02 in lieu of not having real champagne here on irc ;-) 07:07:03 lol 07:07:31 haha irc needs facebook-style stickers ... 07:07:39 I have some red wine over in my kitchen. I'll just pour myself a little right now and pretend it's champagne... 07:07:59 for 15.10 we took on some major overhaul of the design/layout of the site 07:08:07 and it looks gorgeous :D 07:08:13 #info for 15.10 we took on some major overhaul of the design/layout of the site 07:08:21 and for a while there more things were broken than working 07:08:30 and it's still accessible as well thanks to mingard and julius 07:08:58 but due to the massive effort things came together nicely in time for the normal October release 07:09:11 it sure was a monumental tasks. super job, everyone. 07:09:38 #info if you haven't seen Mahara 15.10 yet, check it out at http://demo.mahara.org 07:09:59 http://demo.mahara.org 07:10:18 fyi. I got our first upgrade to 15.10 just a few minutes ago. 07:10:26 one of our clients is upgrading 07:10:38 how did it go? 07:10:55 i just got the quote approved. work yet to be done... 07:11:14 ghada: great! we are also going to be busy over the next few weeks upgrading some sites. 07:11:25 that's great to hear 07:11:32 the huge task was made slightly less painful by having the behat automated testing catch brokenness 07:11:41 #info now that we have bootstrap, we'll be able to do some more cool things I'm sure. 07:11:42 any way...sorry about the distraction. 07:11:47 yes! thanks everyone for the behat tests 07:12:46 #info Since some were already asking: We are not upgrading to Bootstrap 4 immediately when it becomes available. That will most likely be something for 16.10 when it will have matured a bit (if it's been released by then) as our front-en lead recommended. 07:12:53 front-end I meant 07:13:25 Big win I think: Someone on the forums already asked about Bootstrap and seems to be knowing how he can add some more functionality / flashiness. 07:14:01 afaik bootstrap 3 will continue to be supported for the forseeable future, and bootstrap 4 won't be too different from bootstrap-sass (which we're already using) 07:14:14 #info a huge thanks goes to the catalyst front-end team for making the changes. there are more to come, in particular in ripping out mochikit... 07:15:05 mingard: that's good news. i heard that bootstrap 4 doesn't have panels anymore. so we'll need to think of something else for the places where we use panels now, e.g. the admin homepage and other places 07:15:29 #info we also had a number of new contributors to Mahara 15.10. 07:16:14 #info the stats on the commits and others who were involved are available at https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=7420 07:16:29 yes it's always nice to see the varied institutions/people willing to contribute 07:17:32 yep :) 07:17:35 #info I'm still working on the user manual. it will get done. takes a bit longer than usual as every single screenshot needs to be replaced and also some text changed. i use this as an opportunity to start my manual instance from scratch so we can use the database for the demo site to get some more varied content in. 07:18:28 ok, shall we move on? 07:18:35 #info the big new features are already documented (will add some images on the new themes). only mathjax is missing. 07:19:05 sure 07:19:11 #topic Discuss SASS/JavaScript compilation options (whether to stick with gulp) 07:19:22 mingard, this was your topic 07:19:37 yep 07:20:02 i've heard aarowlaptop at least complaining about the extra complexity of having npm for compiling sass 07:20:17 true 07:20:30 npm was better than the ruby option :) 07:20:45 so i was wondering if there's a php alternative for compiling sass and (possibly) concatenating javascript in the future 07:20:58 for example http://leafo.net/scssphp/ 07:21:01 I spent some time looking into for Catalyst's deployment process and I didn't find anything better than npm at present 07:21:13 mingard: did you already talk with jen about that and see if she had any suggestions? 07:21:13 (which may/may not be maintained) 07:21:35 yeah 07:21:42 I believe the front-end devs felt the php option was not robust enough / was missing features or something 07:21:43 anitsirk: no, that's a good point 07:21:47 I think I tried scssphp, because it's the only SASS compiler written in PHP 07:22:04 it was too slow 07:22:24 the only way to get decent speed is to use the SASS compiler written in C (libsass I think it's called) 07:22:31 ok then, it's quite possible npm is the best compromise 07:22:34 the npm sass compiler is actually a thin wrapper around that 07:22:38 #idea is there a php alternative for compiling SASS and (possibly) concatenating javascript in the future since npm add complexity. 07:22:51 there is also a PHP module that acts as a wrapper around libsass, but I think it'd be harder to expect people to have that installed 07:23:13 #info there don't seem to be any good php options available that we know of. 07:23:18 the ideal would be to have a /css.php script which would build it on-the-fly in development and cache in production 07:23:21 but that may not be possible 07:23:36 If you used the PHP libsass extension, it'd be doable 07:23:40 but it's a non-standard extension 07:24:04 the latest update i found to that was in about 2013, so it's probably missing features too 07:24:07 I think it was https://github.com/sensational/sassphp 07:24:23 #idea PHP libsass extension might be a possibility, but it is a non-standard extension. 07:24:30 oh actually that's much more recent 07:24:34 yeah 07:24:38 I think I even gave it a test run 07:24:42 and it works great 07:25:03 but you pretty much have to build it from source 07:25:14 ok 07:25:25 #info https://github.com/sensational/sassphp works great, but you have to build it from source. 07:26:03 so mingard, were you thinking of compressing/compiling javascript min files as well? 07:26:05 so for now we're still saddled with npm. But it's worth keeping an eye on things to see if a good alternative arises 07:26:15 alrighty, basically i was wondering how much people had thought about it and whether anything had been found 07:26:31 robertl_: yes is the short answer 07:26:52 sticking with npm would let us use things like browserify (which are great for modularising code) 07:26:53 mingard: you could check with jen if anything had transpired over the last months since we talked about it. 07:27:21 but even if we want a PHP solution I think it would be a good idea to concatenate and/or minify JS 07:27:26 so currently most of our big third party js is minified 07:27:44 true 07:27:59 but it would be helpful to have it uncompressed in dev mode 07:28:04 so it would be more to do with the mahara specific js files? 07:28:04 like mochikit currently is 07:28:11 and that too 07:28:38 since we already have (for example) mahara.js, which is long and does all sorts of different things 07:29:08 so it would be nice to split it up into a few utility files, but that would add more script tags to the page (which we already have a lot of on some pages) 07:29:13 #idea it would be good to concatenate and / or minify JS wherever possible. 07:29:16 hm 07:29:22 #info big third-party js is already minified. 07:29:33 well, it should be easy enough to add a step for that to the makefile & gulpfiles 07:29:41 oh, you could have is so when prod mode is off it uses the big version 07:29:49 #info it would be helpful to have it uncompressed in dev mode and be able to minify Mahara-specific JS 07:29:51 and then invoke it in the mahara-scripts release.sh script that packages up releases 07:30:03 but when prod mode is on it uses the .min.js version 07:30:26 aarowlaptop: yeah, that's the sort of thing I was thinking 07:30:37 #idea have a minified JS version when production mode is on and the full version in dev mode. 07:30:48 it would also let us be a bit more granular about how we use libraries 07:30:48 which can be compiled via 'make js' or something 07:31:07 instead of including the entirety of jQuery UI just to use one or two components 07:31:32 yeah, I'd add a "make js" task 07:31:40 and then have the default "make" invoke "make css" and "make js" 07:32:26 #idea going down this route would allow us to be more granular about how we use libraries. i.e. we wouldn't need to include the entirety of jQuery UI just to use one or two components 07:32:54 yup :) 07:33:20 #idea add a "make js" task and have the default "make" invoke "make css" and "make js" so that the tasks are run automatically. 07:33:21 that was pretty much it - just wanted to start a discussion about how we could improve our JS usage 07:34:27 shall I chat to jen and the front-enders about it then? 07:34:43 mingard: i'd say so. see what she and pat think. 07:34:56 ok 07:35:26 #action mingard to talk to the Catalyst front-end developers to see what their ideas are on SASS and JS 07:35:35 that's the right command, right? 07:35:52 looks right to me 07:36:04 mingard: don't know if you can do action. it might just be robertl_ who can do that. can't remember which ones needed to be invoked by the chair 07:36:18 well, it's there for copy-pasting anyway 07:36:24 #action mingard to talk to the Catalyst front-end developers to see what their ideas are on SASS and JS 07:36:42 it'll sure be in there now 07:36:48 :-) 07:37:07 so now to the most fun bit of the evening 07:37:08 #topic Next meeting and chair 07:37:34 robertl_ I'll not put up my hand as I don't know what my connectivity will be like during the most likely week. 07:37:35 should the next meeting be in late Nov or early Dec? 07:38:30 I'm thinking the 1st of Dec could be good 07:38:40 sure, everyone will probably still be around then 07:38:50 any counter offers? 07:38:54 nope 07:38:59 the 1st works for me 07:39:15 ghada? 07:39:38 dec 1 works for me as well. 07:40:01 ok so who wants to drive it? 07:40:17 sit in the imaginary big chair 07:40:50 and be the first to open the first advent door in a virtual advent calendar (if we had one) 07:41:17 http://www.santagames.net/calendar/index.htm 07:41:41 here we go :-) 07:42:11 i'm happy to host if no one else is volunteering 07:42:12 i could potentially chair but might need a backup in case my connection is not that great 07:42:12 * waa waves 07:42:19 hi waa 07:42:39 twitter said there was a meeting here 07:42:45 so I thought I would check 07:42:52 :) 07:42:53 anitsirk, I can step in if your connection goes bad 07:42:53 :-) want to chair the next one :-D waa? 07:43:22 I'm not sure anything would get done if I did :D 07:43:24 robertl_ that would work. I'll not know until the day before 07:44:35 #info The 49th Mahara developer meeting will take place on 1 Dec 2015 at 7:00 UTC. Kristina is going to chair the meeting. http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20151201T07 07:44:52 If possible, for me it's better at 5:00 UTC 07:45:06 that would work better for me too 07:45:29 would that mean 5am for UK time? 07:45:55 ok, not such a good idea... 07:46:41 what about 8:00 UTC then? 07:46:51 robertl_ no. it would be 8 a.m. uk time 07:47:00 but i'll be in germany and thus 9 a.m. :-) 07:47:10 oh sorry. didn't read anzeljg 07:47:21 that would be 6 a.m. uk time then. 07:47:27 and 7 a.m. europe 07:47:32 huh, is germany only one hour different? 07:47:45 anitsirk? 07:47:51 oh dear. not anymore since they'll have turned clocks backwards. here we go: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20151201T05 07:47:58 it would be 6 a.m. 07:48:03 is that what you meant, anzeljg? 07:48:19 5:== UTC is 6 a.m. for Europe yes 07:48:23 it would be 6 p.m. nz 07:48:24 and 5 a.m. for UK 07:48:46 yes. which is rather early for the likes of rkabalin and potentially dajan if they wanted to join. 07:48:50 how about 8:00 UTC then as anzeljg suggested? 07:49:08 that would mean 8:00 UK and 9:00 Europe 07:49:20 and 9 p.m. NZ and 7 p.m. sydney 07:49:30 that works for me 07:49:32 that sounds ok to me 07:49:34 +1 07:49:42 either works for me. 07:49:58 cool - 9pm means I can get to kung fu ;) 07:50:02 sure 07:50:09 so how do I remove the last info message? 07:50:15 hash undo? 07:50:17 #undo robertl_ 07:50:37 #undo The 49th Mahara developer meeting will take place on 1 Dec 2015 at 7:00 UTC. Kristina is going to chair the meeting. http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20151201T07 07:50:37 Removing item from minutes: 07:50:58 #info The 49th Mahara developer meeting will take place on 1 Dec 2015 at 8:00 UTC. Kristina is going to chair the meeting. http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20151201T08 07:51:26 and that leaves us with ... 07:51:27 #topic Any other business 07:51:39 I have a few 07:51:42 I have none 07:51:52 anzeljg, go for it 07:52:03 There seems to be a problem with icons for 3rd party plugins in create/edit page navigation on the left. 07:52:11 The icons use artefact/blocktype name pattern. E.g. I want to update the linkedinprofile plugin, so that means that the system searches for 'icon-linkedinprofile' icon in the CSS, which is not defined. BTW 'icon-linkedin' is defined and I could use that, but what if I wanted 'icon-linkedin-square' instead? 07:52:29 See: htdocs/blocktype/lib.php, line 299 07:52:32 .. 07:52:49 anzeljg: Yeah, unfortunately the old system sorta broke with the bootstrap upgrade 07:53:00 you have to provide a style.css file for the block to use a custom icon 07:53:20 I made it work for my clippy block... let me see if I can find the file for that 07:53:31 is it possible to have a function in the plugin lib.php file which overrides that somehow? 07:53:31 anzeljg: that should work as well as that is an icon defined in bootstrap as well. 07:53:55 anzeljg: that sounds like a good idea 07:54:13 https://github.com/agwells/maharacontrib-blocktype-clippy/blob/master/theme/raw/static/style/style.css#L3 07:54:19 anitsirk: yes, but the icons defined in bottstrap are linkedin and linkedin-square, but I would need linkedinprofile 07:54:24 and it would be good to have an easy way (easier than creating a special CSS file) for doing icons which aren't included in font-awesome 07:54:59 how do the other blocktypes handle that? or is it just third-party ones? 07:54:59 Yeah, I would love to have it work with the old method. 07:55:06 probably something like get_custom_icon() 07:55:08 It's just the third-party ones 07:55:26 hm 07:55:36 maybe a function that returns an HTML string? so you could return "" or "

" 07:55:52 I think, to work with our Bootstrap stuff, the icon has to be put in there with a CSS style 07:55:59 aarowlaptop: indeed, but If I use my cloud plugin wich has like 10 blocktypes and with no icons (and hidden labels)... 07:55:59 but we could dynamically generate the style 07:56:36 hidden labels? 07:56:50 for accessibility? 07:57:06 one (partial) way to go would be to just override the plugin name with the name of the icon, defined in font-awesome? 07:57:18 hidden labels won't be needed, will they? 07:57:24 if it is a 3rd party plugin 07:57:25 so, the way the new template for the blocktypes is written, it just puts a class on the block picker called "icon-{blocktype}" 07:57:36 #info Third-party plugins for blocktypes have icon trouble in 15.10. The icons use artefact/blocktype name pattern. E.g. I want to update the linkedinprofile plugin, so that means that the system searches for 'icon-linkedinprofile' icon in the CSS, which is not defined. 07:57:55 arrowlaptop: icon-{blocktype.name} actually 07:57:56 and then those are all defined in one of the core CSS stylesheets, with each one being mapped to a fontawesome icon 07:58:01 yeah 07:58:21 aarowlaptop: you could take a look at the "Latest changes you can view" and "My portfolios" blocktypes. they share the same icon iirc 07:58:48 seems like it would make sense to have core blocktypes defining their own icon class too, rather than having them all in one stylesheet ... 07:58:59 anitsirk: but those are icons for core stuff which are probably defined in CSS somewhere... 08:00:02 so here's what I'm getting at 08:00:16 so have somthing like function get_icon() in blocktype/lib.php that the blocks can use? 08:00:19 if you look at lines 3 to 5 in this file: https://github.com/agwells/maharacontrib-blocktype-clippy/blob/master/theme/raw/static/style/style.css#L3 08:00:50 it would be good to be able to use font-awesome icons though 08:01:04 you can use that to specify a particular image file as the icon for a blocktype 08:01:26 and it's most conveniently placed in the style.css file of the blocktype 08:01:35 we pretty much only use fontawesome now 08:01:46 for icons. 08:01:46 you can use the same technique for fontawesome as well 08:01:58 just put some kinda fontawesome thing in that style instead of a content:url() 08:02:01 how? 08:02:19 i guess look it up in the font-awesome css and copy the character ... 08:02:22 yep 08:02:25 still doesn't seem like a good solution 08:02:29 I can't recall the fontawesome syntax 08:02:29 thnks. 08:02:30 no, it's not 08:02:40 I couldn't really get the front-end devs to understand this 08:02:50 what about this: 08:02:59 robertl_: yeah, a get_icon() function sounds good 08:03:11 change line 299: 'name' => $bt->name 08:03:36 to something like: 'name' => call_static_method(generate_class_name('blocktype', $namespaced), 'get_icon') 08:03:47 where get_icon() is optional? 08:03:48 .. 08:04:35 line 299 of which file? 08:04:57 https://github.com/MaharaProject/mahara/blob/master/htdocs/blocktype/lib.php#L299 08:04:57 htdocs/blocktpye/lib.php (mentioned above) 08:05:16 thanks mingard 08:05:27 and then the default implementation of get_icon could just return the blocktype name 08:05:34 ah, here's the scss file for all the core blocks 08:05:35 https://git.mahara.org/mahara/mahara/blob/master/htdocs/theme/raw/sass/typography/_icons.scss 08:05:52 heh, guess I should be using git.mahara.org rather than github ... 08:05:57 I see the artefact/lib.php has a get_icon() - so artefacts have this sort of thing 08:06:01 hm, and it contains variables for fontawesome which are defined in... lib I think? 08:06:12 https://git.mahara.org/mahara/mahara/tree/master/htdocs/theme/raw/sass/lib/font-awesome 08:06:32 reviews.mahara.org mirrors the same to both github and git.mahara.org :) 08:06:48 i know, but for the look of the thing ;) 08:07:33 so if we can get php to see variables here -> https://git.mahara.org/mahara/mahara/blob/master/htdocs/theme/raw/sass/lib/font-awesome/_variables.scss 08:07:38 that would be useful 08:07:44 so, here's what the template for the blocktype list looks like https://git.mahara.org/mahara/mahara/blob/master/htdocs/theme/raw/templates/view/blocktypelist.tpl 08:08:40 ah so literally icon-{$blocktype.name} 08:08:57 yeah 08:09:02 yes 08:09:04 (would it be possible to get nice highlighting for .tpl files on gitlab?) 08:09:08 now in theory we could add some logic to that template file 08:09:13 might be :) 08:09:39 I guess adding logic to the .tpl file would probably be the easiest thing... 08:09:52 could we not just add an extra field when creating the blocktype entry? 08:10:04 so it would be class="icon {$blocktype.icon}" or similar 08:10:08 like $blocktype.icon? 08:10:14 yeah 08:10:41 since name is used for other stuff too 08:10:43 actually, probably class="icon icon-{$blocktype.icon}" 08:10:47 well, ideally I'd like a system that supports the old style, where the dev just puts in a "thumb.png" file 08:10:55 as well as supporting new snazzy CSS-based icons 08:10:59 ah I see 08:11:21 the front-end devs disagreed, and thought there was no possible way anyone could ever want a block icon that is not part of the all-encompassing fontawesome ;) 08:11:26 that would break the appearance? 08:11:32 svg icons along png ones? 08:12:05 not necessarily 08:12:06 have some get_icon() type function that checks to see of the thumb.png image exists otherwise see if .icon is set else return .name sounds like a plan 08:12:10 that's sorta up to the graphic designer, I guess, to make sure that the blocktype's icon looks okay 08:12:12 aarowlaptop: embed.ly one, which is not a part of fonawesome, but the blocktpye exists? 08:12:35 yeah, and my own (joke) clippy block 08:12:43 :) 08:13:15 so, currently the blocktype "get_icon()" method (or whatever it's called) doesn't do anything 08:13:21 it now gets ignored because of fontawesome 08:13:49 having a function decide which to show as icon would allow users to pick a font-awesome alternative font library as well 08:13:55 but, we could probably add some support for it back in, by putting some logic into blocktypelist.tpl and/or into line 299 of htdocs/blocktype/lib.php 08:14:01 yeah 08:14:13 and I would be in favor of that 08:14:18 +1 08:14:29 okay, I'll see if I can get that in for 15.04.1 08:14:36 15.10? 08:14:39 15.10.1 08:14:52 #action improve options for selecting icon for blocktypes 08:15:10 for now, the workaround is the blocktype's own style.css file, as per clippy 08:15:56 ok 08:16:36 Another AOB: 08:16:38 The update of Watchlist blocktype. it will be funded. The client wants to ass some sort of functionality to the dashboard to display what has changed since the users' last login (similar to Moodle). I was thinking of creating new blocktype but Kristina suggested to add this functionality to Watchlist block instead. So the users wold be able to configure Watchlist block to display changes, related to user fiends since their last lo 08:16:39 I'll file a launchpad bug 08:16:50 ass = add 08:17:01 * anzeljg is embarassed 08:17:29 lol, nw 08:17:35 * mingard is giggling far more than he should 08:17:52 improving the watchlist block will be good 08:18:35 #idea enhance the "Watched pages" block to configure it so as to display changes relating to users' friends since their last login 08:18:36 I guess the easiest thing would be to hook into the watchlist activity 08:18:41 The client also wants that change as a part of Mahara core if possible? 08:18:56 since not all watchlist items are currently from a friend's list, we might need to be able to have more than one block on the dashboard. 08:19:47 I'm actually not familiar with the Moodle functionality in question 08:19:56 but this sounds like a good idea :) 08:20:27 aarowlaptop: when you login it displays that you have that many assessments, forum posts, etc. from your last login 08:20:30 I think there's an event and/or an activity that gets triggered whenever something happens that would sent out a watchlist notificaiton 08:20:50 so, you could add some code there to log those into a table for use in this block 08:20:58 ok 08:21:05 what is the watchlist block? i'm a bit confusedwhat we're talking about 08:21:09 or you might be able to just look at the watchlist notifications directly? 08:21:23 will have a look 08:21:29 but it probably makes more sense to have separate records 08:21:42 mingard: Well, I'm actually not too familiar with what the watchlist *block* does 08:21:45 currently 08:21:53 I know it lists pages that are on your watchlist 08:22:03 that's about it :) 08:22:12 Whenever you're viewing a page in mahara, there's a link at the bottom that says "add this to my watchlist" 08:22:23 ok :) regardless, this sounds like a good feature to have 08:22:25 if you do that, then you get a notification whenever something gets updated on that page 08:22:29 or when someone comments on the page 08:22:52 so yeah, I guess currently the watchlist block just shows you which pages you are watching, but tells you nothing about whether they've been updated recently 08:23:12 got it 08:23:13 there was a change to show the modification date 08:23:35 so it lists the most recently changed first and when it changed 08:23:35 mingard: the button is now next to the title at the top under the "..." button 08:24:26 sorry guys but I'm going to have to head out. I'll chat with you next time. Have a good evening! 08:24:31 cheers. 08:24:36 cya ghada 08:24:41 bye ghada 08:24:49 bye ghada 08:24:58 thank you all, I'll investigate first and try to build it. 08:25:12 Last AOB: 08:25:14 MaharaDroid Slovenian language updated. I sent a pull request, but there was no answer so far... 08:25:26 https://github.com/MaharaProject/maharadroid/pull/8 08:25:27 .. 08:25:58 aarowlaptop: that would be one for you. 08:26:02 me again :) 08:26:11 anzeljg: there is a new maharadroid in the making... 08:26:14 Sorry, I saw your pull request but I forgot to respond to it. 08:26:21 np 08:26:31 anitsirk: didn't know about that 08:26:38 a prototype already exists and needs to be polished a bit before it can be released. we'll hope to have someone working on that soonish. 08:26:51 Yes, we had a student from Victoria University doing a project to rewrite MaharaDroid in a different format 08:26:55 a university student created a proof-of-concept in cordova so it could also be multi-platform 08:27:03 oh yeah? 08:27:10 cordova? 08:27:12 er, whoops, misread that 08:27:21 I thought you said a university student in Cordova ;) 08:27:35 Cordova is another version of the framework known as PhoneGap 08:27:35 hehe 08:27:48 (a way of making cross-platform mobile apps in HTML) 08:27:56 you basically write the app in Javascript, and this makes it cross-platform compatible to iOS and Android 08:28:15 #info MaharaDroid is being revamped to use Cordova (aka PhoneGap). Stay tuned. 08:28:17 and Windows Phone AFAIK 08:28:34 but you know, it shouldn't be hard for me to merge in your Slovenian translation into the current version and publish a new build 08:28:55 it's probably worth doing that since it may be a while before the new Cordova version gets published 08:29:00 could you send me a preview apk file to check trnaslations... i have some doubts 08:29:06 sure 08:29:16 I haven't looked at his code too closely yet myself 08:29:33 cordova can also build for blackberry, ubuntu phone, firefox os, webos and fireos ... if anyone is interested in those 08:29:37 yes, it's a poc at this stage 08:29:44 come to think of it, I would not be too surprised if he didn't write it with translation in mind... I'm not sure I pointed out the need for that to him 08:29:54 aarowlaptop: he did 08:30:05