Lets give this a few days to make sure we're not about hurt anyone. (I'm in favor of removing support.)
On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 12:03 PM, Michael Wolf <michael.w...@cynergy.com>wrote: > Fwiw I wasn't saying 2.3, but 2.2. The consideration of supporting 2.3 > goes based on who your consumer base is, and if 2.3 is worth it (had > several customers recently where this is a serious discussion). AnywhoŠ > loosing 2.2 I don't think would hurt the community greatly. > > mw > > On 4/10/13 2:54 PM, "Joe Bowser" <bows...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >Anyone who thinks we don't need 2.3 support needs to look at what I > >was considering purchasing for my US phone when on road trips to weird > >places like Idaho: > > > > > http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/prepay/getPhoneDetail.do?item=prepayIte > >m&selectedPhoneId=6093&selectedPlanCatId=4997 > > > >On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 11:51 AM, Michael Wolf <michael.w...@cynergy.com> > >wrote: > >> Generally we are pushing clients to not touch anything lower than 2.3 > >>(And > >> having serious discussions about their need for 2.3 support). So from a > >> cordova users perspective this wouldn't bother me. > >> > >> mw > >> > >> > >> On 4/10/13 2:10 PM, "Joe Bowser" <bows...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >>>Android 2.2 is a pain point because we only have one device in the > >>>Vancouver office that is on that version of Android (LG Optimus 3D). > >>>I'm sure that other places have more of them, but they are becoming > >>>increasingly rare, and I'd rather us only have to test 2.3 and higher > >>>when we prepare for a release. > >>> > >>>On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:54 AM, Braden Shepherdson > >>><bra...@chromium.org> wrote: > >>>> Do we have a picture of what this would gain us? What are the pain > >>>>points > >>>> in terms of bugs or missing APIs between 2.2 and 2.3? I have the vague > >>>> impression that there are several things, but I actually don't know. > >>>> > >>>> If there are advantages, I'm all for it. > >>>> > >>>> Braden > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 1:49 PM, Joe Bowser <bows...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Hey > >>>>> > >>>>> Good news everyone! Android 2.2 (Froyo) has dipped below 5%. This > >>>>> means that we can safely drop support for this version of Android and > >>>>> set our lower bound to Android 2.3. The cool thing about this is > >>>>>that > >>>>> we will only support devices that you can actually buy in a store at > >>>>> this point, which I think is something that we should aim towards. > >>>>> > >>>>> Honestly, if Key Lime Pie figured out a way to get 4.x functionality > >>>>> on single-core devices, that'd be awesome, but I highly doubt it. :( > >>>>> > >>>>> So, what do people think about getting rid of Froyo support? > >>>>> > >>>>> Joe > >>>>> > >> > >
