+1 to kill those platforms and archive them in the attic :-D If WebOS, Qt become relevant again we can revive them from the attic.
On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Anis KADRI <[email protected]> wrote: > According to [1]: > > "Projects whose PMC are unable to muster 3 votes for a release, who have > no active committers or are unable to fulfill their reporting duties to the > board are all good candidates for the Attic." > > I believe those projects satisfy the "no active committers" argument. > > I don't see any active committers for Bada, Qt or WebOS. > > Markus Leutwyler is the only WebOS committer and is no longer employed by > the company that is in charge of it and I am not sure if he's still > interested in maintaining it. There are still devices out there I am sure > but no new devices are getting shipped. > > Bada is officially dead [2] but they still released an SDK a couple of > weeks ago [3] O_O! They still owned #4 spot in Q3 2012 ahead of Windows > Phone [4] > > As far as bb 6 and 7, I am sure the majority of devices out there are BB 6 > and 7. BB10 just came out so there can't be that many yet. Developers don't > seem to be interested in those platform though and I think the focus should > be on BB10. > > [1] http://attic.apache.org/ > [2] > http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/samsung-scraps-bada-os-folds-it-tizen/2013-02-25 > [3] http://static.bada.com/releasenotes/2.0.6.html > [4] http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2237315 > > > On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 10:15 PM, Brian LeRoux <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The question has come up about our continued support for: >> >> - bada >> - webos >> - qt >> - bb6 & bb7 >> >> Nobody is currently actively maintaining Bada, and Qt. However, I >> could see us wanting to keep Qt around given Ubuntu Phone. There are >> no new webOS devices, though rumours persist they could happen, it >> seems like its more of a ceremony than real support. The older BB >> platforms are maintained but the real focus is BB10. >> >> Thoughts? >> > >
