==== Tech Notes ====
After an intent has been handled the settings will be stored if any changes are detected.
A force option was added to the .store method of the settings class which always writes the dict to disk even if no changes has been made. This is used during shutdown.
==== Tech Notes ====
Previously the _dir parameter was poplated from the skill loader between calling __init__() and initialize(). The skill path can however be gleaned from with in the __init__() of MycroftSkill.
Doing this makes the settings accessable from __init__() as well and will allow a more straight forward usage.
==== Fixed Issues ====
the expect_response pararmeter is now correctly passed along to
self.speak()
==== Tech Notes ====
NONE - explain new algorithms in detail, tool changes, etc.
==== Documentation Notes ====
NONE - description of a new feature or notes on behavior changes
==== Localization Notes ====
NONE - point to new strings, language specific functions, etc.
==== Environment Notes ====
NONE - new package requirements, new files being written to disk, etc.
==== Protocol Notes ====
NONE - message types added or changed, new signals, APIs, etc.
==== Fixed Issues ====
==== Tech Notes ====
This PR corrects a couple of small issues led to skills being left in memory when.
- Handler for `stop.mycroft` weren't removed from event emitter when
skill shut down. Now is added using `self.add_event()`
- registered intent list `self.events` created a circular reference that
python couldn't resolve a live so this is now deleted at shutdown
- Timers in scheduled skills weren't terminated properly. Now if the
timer is alive it will be joined
==== Documentation Notes ====
Registring event handlers should use `self.add_event` instead of
`self.emitter.on()` To make sure they are cleaned up when skill is
terminated.
==== Localization Notes ====
NONE - point to new strings, language specific functions, etc.
==== Environment Notes ====
NONE - new package requirements, new files being written to disk, etc.
==== Protocol Notes ====
NONE - message types added or changed, new signals, APIs, etc.
==== Tech Notes ====
Some functions have been orphaned in core.py and are only used in the
tests. To clean up these have been moved to where they're used.
==== Fixed Issues ====
#1007
==== Tech Notes ====
The converse system changed the api for the load_skill() function this
since the skill_container wasn't updated accordingly it stopped working.
This PR makes updates the container to use the new interface.
The most recently used skills now have an opportunity to preview all
utterances before they hit the intent system.
==== Tech Notes ====
Skills get a preview in the order of activation -- most recent first --
and if they can consume the utterance or ignore it. If consumed,
processing stops. If ignored, the next most recent skill gets a shot
at it. Finally, if no skill consumes it the intent system takes over,
running as it always has.
Skills remain "active" for 5 minutes after last use.
A skill achieves this by implementing the converse() method, e.g.
def def converse(self, utterances, lang="en-us"):
if .... :
return True # handled, consume utterance
else:
return False # not for this skill, pass it along
==== Tech Notes ====
IntentBuilder objects always need to be built into an Intent to be
usable in mycroft. Since this is always neccessary the code doing this
can be moved so users don't need to do this step.
This commit makes the `register_intent()` method check the handler
argument type, if it's an IntentBuilder object it builds the Intent, if
it's an Intent it continues as normal, if it's any other type it will
raise a ValueError
==== Fixed Issues ====
#960
==== Tech Notes ====
The messagebus handler for "mycroft.stop" halts and exits if an
exception occurs in any methods that are registered to that name. The
handler executes the stop() method that's provided by the user and is
not verified. To ensure that other skills are unaffected exceptions in
the user provided method are caught.
==== Documentation Notes ====
NONE - things like description of a new feature or notes on behavior
changes
==== Localization Notes ====
NONE - point out new strings, functions needing international versions,
etc.
==== Environment Notes ====
NONE - new package requirements, new files being written to disk,
etc.
==== Protocol Notes ====
NONE - message types added or changed, new signals, etc.
==== Fixed Issues ====
==== Tech Notes ====
Uses supplied name parameter if present, otherwise uses name of class.
==== Documentation Notes ====
The skill creation documentation should mention that the name parameter
is only an option.
==== Localization Notes ====
NONE
==== Environment Notes ====
NONE
=== Protocol Notes ====
NONE
This is because this will break wolfra alpha skill unless they update
skills, but if they update before getting the new version, it will also
break wolfram
This reverts commit 6ca4161335.
* Create new FallbackSkill base class for implementing fallback behavior
Also removes multi utterance intent fail. Only makes sense to emit an intent_failure regardless of the amount of intents
Ignoring SIG_CHLD can be convenient but parts of the python standard
library relies on the behaviour of SIG_CHLD and will not work correctly
in this configuration.
if expect_response flag is set to True the stt will be triggered just as if the wakeword has been received or the button on the mycroft enclosure has been pressed.
For the Weather Skill:
* When talking about the current city, the city name is generally not spoken (more natural)
* A "pretty" name of just the city is used instead of the complete name
* Works around the recurring issue with OWM where they report bad min/max temps (same as the current temp)
* Changed "Location is not valid" to "I don't know that location" (people don't say "not valid")
For the Time Skill:
* The timezone is extracted from the device location setting
* Time responses are more varied and shorter
This change adds MycroftSkill.location_pretty and MycroftSkill.location_timezone properties.
Add cleanup procedure to skills:
MycroftSkill cleanup does nothing, ScheduledSkill will cancel running timers to make sure it's not blocking termination.
Tests updated to use this allowing unit test to exit after completion.
The 1980s birthed a new form of interaction between computers and users. For the first time computers became capable of understanding the most basic form of human communication - pointing and grunting. The mouse and the GUI revolutionized computing and made computers accessible to the masses.
We have now entered a third era. We are rapidly approaching a time when computer systems will understand human language and respond using the most natural form of human communication – speech.
This is an important development. Some might even call it revolutionary.
Despite its importance, however, the technologies that will underpin this new method of interaction are the property of major tech firms who don't necessarily have the public's best interests at heart.
Not anymore.
Meet Mycroft – the worlds first open source natural language platform. Mycroft understands human language and responds with speech. It is being designed to run on anything from a phone to an automobile and will change the way we interact with open source technologies in profound ways.
Our goal here at Mycroft is to improve this technology to the point that when you interact with the software it is impossible to tell if you are talking to a human or a machine.
This initial release of the Mycroft software represents a significant effort by the Mycroft community to give the open source world access to this important technology. We are all hoping that the software will be useful to the public and will help to usher in a new era of human machine interaction.
Our community welcomes everyone to use Mycroft, improve the software and contribute back to the project. With your help and support we can truly make Mycroft an AI for everyone.
Joshua W Montgomery – May 17, 2016
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