On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 11:17 AM, Alan Griffiths <a...@octopull.co.uk> wrote: > On 02/10/15 09:54, Thomas Voß wrote: >>> Don't lose sight of the unique selling point that the phone can be a >>> > general purpose computer. >>> > >> We certainly don't. I would argue that compiling code, browsing and >> emailing is not a typical mobile device use-case. >> Now that does not mean that those tasks won't be executed on the >> device, just in a different usage scenario, i.e., docked and connected >> to >> monitor, keyboard and mouse. A transition to a different usage >> scenario justifies or even demands altering the lifecycle policy and >> allowing things to >> run in the background. > > I simply want a general purpose computer, not a phone that transform > into one only with a bunch of hardware. >
developer mode is certainly something we will explore to enable such features. > Really, there's a phone here compiling code and could also be used to > write emails (like this one). It doesn't *need* (or currently have) a > monitor, keyboard, mouse or power attached for that. (And yes, I > understand the power trade off - that's why it will be plugged in shortly.) > > -- > Alan Griffiths +44 (0)798 9938 758 > Octopull Ltd http://www.octopull.co.uk/ > > -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
