[NETWORK] Sugar Network 0.6 development release

[Aleksey Lim]

== NEWS ==


* Initial implementation of Contributor Hub.

http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Platform_Team/Sugar_Network/Contributor_Hub

* Synchronize testing server with ASLO activities.


== TODO ==


The TODO list for the rest of the year to complete v1.0:

* http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Network/1.0/Todo#0.7
* http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Network/1.0/Todo#0.8
* http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Network/1.0/Todo#1.0


== Try the release ==


From development server on behalf of anonymous user with full admin permissions:

http://network-devel.sugarlabs.org/
http://network-devel.sugarlabs.org/hub/

From semi-production server that is being used for Peruvian pilot program:

http://network-testing.sugarlabs.org/
http://network-testing.sugarlabs.org/hub/

To get access to Sugar Network from local application, follow regular
Sweets Distribution instructions to setup Factory repository and start
using it on supported platforms[1]:

http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sweets_Distribution#Installation
http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sweets_Distribution#Usage

Right after installation, Sugar Network integration will be disabled, to
enable it:

http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Platform_Team/Sweets_Distribution/Factory/Features#Sugar_Network_integration

In addition, there are prebuilt XO images.

http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Harmonic_Distribution/XO_reference_distribution#Try_reference_implementation

See Sugar Network usage tutorial created by Thomas C Gilliard:

http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Network/Tutorial


== Credits ==


* Peruvian community that supports this work. Especially by exposing the real need
in such kind projects and help with making deployment (of Harmonic Distribution
based project[2]) possible.

* World wide community members who donated funds to make full time
working possible.

* People from mailing lists and IRC channels who are helping in
development process.


[1] http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Platform_Team/Harmonic_Distribution/Supported_platforms#Map
[2] http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sweets_Distribution