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~ Kerri > On Jun 12, 2017, at 13:22, Trevor Brindle <tabrin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > +1 makes sense to me. Ensuring testability and not making heroic measures > to continue support an old OS is a good reason to me. > > TrevorBrindle > Lead Hybrid Mobile Engineer > SHOP•COM powered by marketamerica > C: (407) 450-8700 > > On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 1:23 PM, Shazron <shaz...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> +1 >> >> On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 8:38 AM, julio cesar sanchez < >> jcesarmob...@gmail.com >>> wrote: >> >>> Currently, Jellybean is 8.8%, so it's bellow the 10%. We can drop it. >>> >>> >>> 2017-06-12 17:22 GMT+02:00 Filip Maj <maj....@gmail.com>: >>> >>>> Reviving this thread! Sorry for the late reply. >>>> >>>> Regarding Trevor's question: >>>>> Just for consideration however, what do we actually gain by dropping >>>>> official support? Are there compat libraries or tests we can drop >> after >>>>> this? >>>> >>>> From a testing/CI perspective, it becomes much more tenable to keep up >>>> with pull requests and ensure changes are validated on the platforms >>>> we support. We currently leverage Sauce Labs to run tests on emulators >>>> on Android, and Sauce dropped support for all Android versions up to >>>> and including 4.3 [1]. So, from a selfish perspective, as a cordova >>>> dev, dropping 4.3 and below support makes _my_ life easier as I don't >>>> have to manually test on earlier versions of Android. >>>> >>>> Not sure if there are other, less-selfish reasons? Ping Simon + Joe. >>>> >>>> Also, instead of letting this thread die a quiet death, may I suggest >>>> that whatever decision is made here, we file as issues and chalk up >>>> for the next cordova-android major release? >>>> >>>> [1] https://wiki.saucelabs.com/display/DOCS/2017/03/30/EOL+ >>>> for+Android+4.0%2C+4.1%2C+4.2%2C+and+4.3+Automated+Mobile+App+Testing >>>> >>>> On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 4:36 PM, Trevor Brindle <tabrin...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> I don't think it is unreasonable to drop support for an OS that had >> its >>>>> first release in July of 2012 (4.1 is almost 5 years old), especially >>>>> considering the Cordova support policy for iOS. >>>>> >>>>> Realistically, I think it's hard to justify support for before 4.4. >>> Less >>>>> than 10% of our customers are on 4.4 or earlier as a whole, and less >>> than >>>>> 10% of them actually use our apps regularly. >>>>> >>>>> Just for consideration however, what do we actually gain by dropping >>>>> official support? Are there compat libraries or tests we can drop >> after >>>>> this? >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 12:10 PM Simon MacDonald < >>>> simon.macdon...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I would happily drop support for anything less than API level 19 in >> the >>>>> next cordova-android major release. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Simon Mac Donald >>>>> http://simonmacdonald.com >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 10:56 AM, Filip Maj <maj....@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> As much as I personally would like to do so, I wonder what the >>>>>> reaction among consumers of cordova would be. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sun, Feb 26, 2017 at 1:39 AM, Jesse <purplecabb...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>>>>> +1 >>>>>>> Our CI tests only test as far back as 4.4, so maybe I thought we >>> were >>>>>>> already there. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> @purplecabbage >>>>>>> risingj.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 12:15 PM, Joe Bowser <bows...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hey >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Even though everything appears to be working on Jellybean, I >> know a >>>> lot >>>>>> of >>>>>>>> people have been wanting to throw it to the wayside. Normally, >> for >>>> us >>>>>> to >>>>>>>> drop support for a platform, we have to wait unitl it goes below >>> 10%, >>>>>> but >>>>>>>> since Jellybean consists of three different API versions, and >> since >>>> two >>>>>> of >>>>>>>> those are below the 5% mark, I'm tempted to just toss it by the >>>> wayside >>>>>> and >>>>>>>> set the minimum supported version of Android to 4.4.x, or API >> level >>>> 19. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> How do people feel about that. I know in the past, people were >>> super >>>>>>>> passionate about supporting everything, but given that my Android >>> 4.1 >>>>>>>> device is an old Nitobi device obtained before we even became >>> Adobe, >>>>>> and it >>>>>>>> took five tries to get it to cooperate with adb, I'm really >>> starting >>>> to >>>>>>>> think it's time we dropped Jellybean. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thoughts? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Joe >>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> --------- >>>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org >>>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cordova.apache.org >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> TrevorBrindle >>>>> Lead Hybrid Mobile Engineer >>>>> SHOP•COM powered by marketamerica >>>>> C: (407) 450-8700 >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cordova.apache.org >>>> >>>> >>> >>
