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== 2021-09 == | == 2021-09 == | ||
*2021-09-27 ''Google Fellowship'' - Fellows' impact kept accelerating: | *2021-09-30 - Launch of the [https://openfoodfacts.slack.com/archives/C02KVRT2C/p1633018324126900 Quick wins vote], a test to let all the community choose its preferred issues. Don't hesitate to participate! | ||
** ''Robotoff''- On the ML front, Yana closed the 8 month gap in releasing Robotoff, after extensive refactoring. As a result, Weight, Label and Store extraction are working again, but it's only the tip of much more significant improvements, with more to come as she has begun taking category prediction to the next level. | *2021-09-27 ''- Google Fellowship'' - Fellows' impact kept accelerating: | ||
** ''Robotoff''- Building on Yana's work, and after automating Product Opener, Olivier has started automating the deployment of Robotoff, this will mean more reliable and faster releases of new features, and no more 8 month deployment gap. | **''Robotoff''- On the ML front, Yana closed the 8 month gap in releasing Robotoff, after extensive refactoring. As a result, Weight, Label and Store extraction are working again, but it's only the tip of much more significant improvements, with more to come as she has begun taking category prediction to the next level. | ||
** ''Environment - Eco-Score'' | **''Robotoff''- Building on Yana's work, and after automating Product Opener, Olivier has started automating the deployment of Robotoff, this will mean more reliable and faster releases of new features, and no more 8 month deployment gap. | ||
*** ''Eco-Score'' - improvements to the packaging and origins taxonomies (Pierre) should mean more accurate computations in more languages. | **''Environment - Eco-Score'' | ||
*** ''Environment'' - Martin's estimation work proved fruitful, and he has an initial prototype that should enable us to refine environmental impact based on the ingredients. | ***''Eco-Score'' - improvements to the packaging and origins taxonomies (Pierre) should mean more accurate computations in more languages. | ||
** | ***''Environment'' - Martin's estimation work proved fruitful, and he has an initial prototype that should enable us to refine environmental impact based on the ingredients. | ||
** | **''Survey'' - We have deployed [https://forms.gle/WF41RV9hKynLgEeSA the feature survey] widely on the apps, and already got a ton of useful feedback. Thanks to Ako and Melanie as well as Eloïse, Barth, Seb and many others for the work on this | ||
** | **''Smoothie - Flutter'' - We released the initial version of Smoothie on Android and iPhone, making the [https://en.blog.openfoodfacts.org/news/choosing-the-best-food-becomes-personal-on-open-food-facts "Personal Search" and "Personal Scan" features available for the first time on mobile]. Work by all the Flutter team (fellows Jasmeet, Slava, Allie, Darren, Greg, Hans, Justin and Kate as well as Marvin and Monsieur Tanuki) is already visible in the release, and even more massive improvements are coming soon. This includes a redesigned navigation, search, scan, and soon product page. Releases for iOS and Android were automated by Pierre, Marvin and Philippe, and will mean fast releases of new features on both platforms. | ||
**''UI/UX'' - the Product and UI team (fellows Cal and Tim but also Pierre, Domenico and Primaël) are continuing researching and designing what's next for Smoothie. We're spending a lot of time on making the knowledge page personalized and knowledgeable, without overwhelming you with information. | |||
* ''Dev'' - The project is progressively moving to semantic PRs. What are semantic PRs you may ask ? They allow to create lists of changes more easily, to make news bulletins like this one easier to create. | * ''Dev'' - The project is progressively moving to semantic PRs. What are semantic PRs you may ask ? They allow to create lists of changes more easily, to make news bulletins like this one easier to create. | ||
*2021-09 ''Android'' - The release is still stuck on this [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-androidapp/issues/4120 migration issue]. Help very welcome :) | *2021-09 ''- Android'' - The release is still stuck on this [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-androidapp/issues/4120 migration issue]. Help very welcome :) | ||
*2021-09 ''iPhone'' - The [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-ios/issues/907 build is broken], and we have [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-ios/issues/927 a massive storage issue]. iOS and Swift expert, your help would be most welcome. | *2021-09 - ''iPhone'' - The [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-ios/issues/907 build is broken], and we have [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/openfoodfacts-ios/issues/927 a massive storage issue]. iOS and Swift expert, your help would be most welcome. | ||
* ''API documentation''- The API documentation has been massively refreshed by Pierre, and [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/api-documentation has a new home] thanks to automation work by Olivier and Pierre. Included are new developer use-cases, to implement the Nutri-Score, the Eco-Score or ingredient related features in your own app. We've rewritten passages that were not clear, and you can file issues whenever you'd like an improvement (or do a PR yourself following the instructions) | * ''API documentation''- The API documentation has been massively refreshed by Pierre, and [https://github.com/openfoodfacts/api-documentation has a new home] thanks to automation work by Olivier and Pierre. Included are new developer use-cases, to implement the Nutri-Score, the Eco-Score or ingredient related features in your own app. We've rewritten passages that were not clear, and you can file issues whenever you'd like an improvement (or do a PR yourself following the instructions) | ||
* ''Product Opener documentation''- thanks to automation work by Pierre, [https://openfoodfacts.github.io/openfoodfacts-server/ documentation of Product Opener is now published regularly] | * ''Product Opener documentation''- thanks to automation work by Pierre, [https://openfoodfacts.github.io/openfoodfacts-server/ documentation of Product Opener is now published regularly] | ||
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== 2021-08 == | == 2021-08 == | ||
*2021-08-13 ''Google Fellowship'' - All fellows are already making lasting impact: | *2021-08-13 ''- Google Fellowship'' - All fellows are already making lasting impact: | ||
** Olivier automated the deployment of Product Opener (the server). This will mean more reliable and faster releases of new features on the web and through the API. | ** Olivier automated the deployment of Product Opener (the server). This will mean more reliable and faster releases of new features on the web and through the API. | ||
** On the ML front, Yana is getting Robotoff into top shape, by making it easy to develop on your machine and to deploy for testing and release. She's joined by Shu on the same topic. | ** On the ML front, Yana is getting Robotoff into top shape, by making it easy to develop on your machine and to deploy for testing and release. She's joined by Shu on the same topic. | ||
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** And finally, on the Eco-Score front, Martin is doing exploratory work on individual computations, with very encouraging initial wins. | ** And finally, on the Eco-Score front, Martin is doing exploratory work on individual computations, with very encouraging initial wins. | ||
** And thanks to Laura and Sebastien for the often forgotten yet essential coordination work. | ** And thanks to Laura and Sebastien for the often forgotten yet essential coordination work. | ||
*2021-08-10 ''Taxonomies'' - We've started mapping the carbon impact of individual ingredients. If you'd like to help Thomas, Arnaud, Pierre and others on the topic, join the #taxonomies channel. We're also looking for help translating the taxonomies in more languages. | *2021-08-10 ''- Taxonomies'' - We've started mapping the carbon impact of individual ingredients. If you'd like to help Thomas, Arnaud, Pierre and others on the topic, join the #taxonomies channel. We're also looking for help translating the taxonomies in more languages. | ||
*2021-08-02 ''Android'' - We're nearing release, with increased stability thanks to Vaiton. We still have some issues to solve, PRs to complete, and there's always room for new features and improvements. | *2021-08-02 ''- Android'' - We're nearing release, with increased stability thanks to Vaiton. We still have some issues to solve, PRs to complete, and there's always room for new features and improvements. | ||
== 2021-07 == | == 2021-07 == | ||
*2021-07-29 ''Wild School project' - Maxime, Cédric, Ahlem, Soufiane and Valentin in coordination with Tarik, Stéphane and Pierre, worked on a new visualisation engine for the Eco-Score data, as their WildSchool capstone project. It's already helping assess the impact of Eco-Score, and we hope to extend it to other topics. | *2021-07-29 ''- Wild School project' - Maxime, Cédric, Ahlem, Soufiane and Valentin in coordination with Tarik, Stéphane and Pierre, worked on a new visualisation engine for the Eco-Score data, as their WildSchool capstone project. It's already helping assess the impact of Eco-Score, and we hope to extend it to other topics.'' | ||
*2021-07-15 ''iOS'' - Slava helped fix the build. A few PRs are waiting for review | *2021-07-15 ''- iOS'' - Slava helped fix the build. A few PRs are waiting for review | ||
*2021-07-12 'Producers' - We're looking for volunteers to help us translate the presentations for producers into new languages (and possibly making contact) | *2021-07-12 - 'Producers' - We're looking for volunteers to help us translate the presentations for producers into new languages (and possibly making contact) | ||
*2021-07-01 ''Team'' - As announced previously (see the [https://en.blog.openfoodfacts.org/news/open-food-facts-laureate-of-the-google-fellowship-and-the-google-impact-challenge-for-climate blog post]), 10 Google employees are joining the Open Food Facts team full time for 6 months to work on the Eco-Score and a new Open Food Facts app! #fellowship on Slack. | *2021-07-01 ''- Team'' - As announced previously (see the [https://en.blog.openfoodfacts.org/news/open-food-facts-laureate-of-the-google-fellowship-and-the-google-impact-challenge-for-climate blog post]), 10 Google employees are joining the Open Food Facts team full time for 6 months to work on the Eco-Score and a new Open Food Facts app! #fellowship on Slack. | ||
== 2021-06 == | == 2021-06 == | ||