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ASLO shows v11 but repository is on v2. The version in the repository works (although the activity needs a lot of work by the maintainer - my bad!)

tony37 opened Apr 17, 2017

The vte problem was fixed in the repository; however, this updated version was not added to ASLO nor was the version number updated. The version in ASLO fails vte dependency.

tony37 opened Apr 17, 2017

This activity has several commits but is still version 1 in activity.info. It is not the same version as version 1 in ASLO.

tony37 opened Apr 18, 2017

Bundle on activities.sugarlabs.org with md5sum 4ceaf540e6d87f178f3820139cef7fca matches git commit 074f36a3b6a5deb6d4fa2abace15cda311a0cd0b here. Cause of version problem is failure to finish GTK+ 3 port and release. - [ ] fix known problems, - [ ] stabilise, and release v8.

tony37 opened Apr 18, 2017
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Version on ASLO is v7. The v7 on the repository has been ported to gtk3 and is certainly not the same version.

tony37 opened Apr 17, 2017

Version shown on ASLO is 15 but current version is 25.

tony37 opened Apr 17, 2017

Problem with vte dependence corrected but version number is still 1.

tony37 opened Apr 17, 2017

The activity has several commits in the github repository but still shows v1 in activity.info.

tony37 opened Apr 18, 2017

The version in the repository is 16 but the latest on ASLO is 15.

tony37 opened Apr 16, 2017

Version number is 1 despite several commits. The version 1 in ASLO is not this version.

tony37 opened Apr 17, 2017