+1 I think it is ok to deprecate WP7 considering WP developers already have to decide dropping WP7 support for their apps when using WP8 specific features. Also devs can still count on earlier versions of Cordova to deploy their apps to WP7.
That will certainly give the great team working on WP support the opportunity to spend more time on WP8. (I can hear Jesse and Sergey cheering from here... :-)) ------------------------------------------------------- Olivier Bloch Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: Dick Van den Brink [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 11:48 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [proposal] Deprecate WP7 as a target platform +1 Sent from my Windows Phone ________________________________ From: Michael Brooks<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: 11/18/2013 23:54 To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [proposal] Deprecate WP7 as a target platform +1 On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 2:12 PM, Brian LeRoux <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 > > > On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 1:53 PM, RUDD, Brett <[email protected]> wrote: > > > +1 > > > > > > -Brett > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 1:29 PM, Herm Wong > > <[email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > +1 > > > > > > > Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 13:00:27 -0800 > > > > Subject: Re: [proposal] Deprecate WP7 as a target platform > > > > From: [email protected] > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > > > > > +1 > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 12:43 PM, Sergey Grebnov (Akvelon) < > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > +1 > > > > > > > > > > Some interesting usage statistics: > > > > > > > > > http://blog.adduplex.com/2013/09/adduplex-windows-phone-statistics.htm > l > > > > > > > > > > -Sergey > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Steven Gill [mailto:[email protected]] > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 12:42 AM > > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > > Subject: Re: [proposal] Deprecate WP7 as a target platform > > > > > > > > > > +1 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 12:22 PM, Jesse > > > > > <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I would like to add a deprecation notice to WP7, so we can > > > > > > move forward with one platform for Windows Phone. > > > > > > Windows Phone 8 has been available for over a year, and > > > > > > mostly > > taken > > > > > > over for WP7. > > > > > > WP7 devices are currently still available, mostly as an > inexpensive > > > > > > way to get a windows phone. > > > > > > The WP8 Lumia 520 has made considerable impact as a low cost > > > > > > WP8 device, and Nokia is expected to stop selling WP7 > > > > > > devices > shortly. > > > > > > Our ~6 month deprecation windows would put us at May of 2014 > > > > > > for officially dropping support. > > > > > > > > > > > > The upgrade path for converting your WP7 Cordova app to WP8 > Cordova > > > is > > > > > > trivial, with the exception that it requires updated tools. > > > > > > WP8 > > app > > > > > > dev requires Windows 8 and Visual Studio 2012. ( WP7 > > > > > > required > > Windows > > > > > > 7 + > > > > > > VS-2010 + Zune ) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > @purplecabbage > > > > > > risingj.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
