Re: [MeeGo-dev] Avoiding Fragmentation

2010-03-11 Thread Warren Baird
- Robinson Tryon said- > > Some people root their phone and install newer releases of > Android, for example the CyanogenMod "distro". True, but I've avoided Android precisely because of the need to root the phone to do anything interesting... > > The owner of a device needs the power t

Re: [MeeGo-dev] Avoiding Fragmentation

2010-03-11 Thread Warren Baird
- Thiago Macieira wrote - > > I don't want to be a naysayer, but I just don't think your plan could work in > all cases. We probably need to work harder to ensure API compatibility across > MeeGo versions and profiles. It is certainly true that for a lot of the embedded systems this won't

Re: [MeeGo-dev] Avoiding Fragmentation

2010-03-11 Thread Robinson Tryon
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 11:45 PM, Warren Baird wrote: > > There seems to be a fair bit of buzz right now... > around how much fragmentation is damaging the android > community.   I'd like to explore what we can do to avoid the same > problems with MeeGo. A noble goal. > [many new devices] are be

Re: [MeeGo-dev] Avoiding Fragmentation

2010-03-10 Thread Thiago Macieira
Em Quarta-feira 10. Março 2010, às 20.45.06, Warren Baird escreveu: > Is there anything we can do to increase the likelihood that if someone > buys a cheap ARM tablet from China with MeeGo on it, that they can > easily upgrade to a newer community supported version of MeeGo? Are > there constraint

[MeeGo-dev] Avoiding Fragmentation

2010-03-10 Thread Warren Baird
Quim suggested I move this discussion here from meego-community, so here goes --- I'll adapt it a bit based on what I learned in the community thread, so it won't be a *complete* repeat for those on both lists. There seems to be a fair bit of buzz right now (http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/ente