Anyone who thinks we don't need 2.3 support needs to look at what I was considering purchasing for my US phone when on road trips to weird places like Idaho:
http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/prepay/getPhoneDetail.do?item=prepayItem&selectedPhoneId=6093&selectedPlanCatId=4997 On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 11:51 AM, Michael Wolf <michael.w...@cynergy.com> wrote: > Generally we are pushing clients to not touch anything lower than 2.3 (And > having serious discussions about their need for 2.3 support). So from a > cordova users perspective this wouldn't bother me. > > mw > > > On 4/10/13 2:10 PM, "Joe Bowser" <bows...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>Android 2.2 is a pain point because we only have one device in the >>Vancouver office that is on that version of Android (LG Optimus 3D). >>I'm sure that other places have more of them, but they are becoming >>increasingly rare, and I'd rather us only have to test 2.3 and higher >>when we prepare for a release. >> >>On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:54 AM, Braden Shepherdson >><bra...@chromium.org> wrote: >>> Do we have a picture of what this would gain us? What are the pain >>>points >>> in terms of bugs or missing APIs between 2.2 and 2.3? I have the vague >>> impression that there are several things, but I actually don't know. >>> >>> If there are advantages, I'm all for it. >>> >>> Braden >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 1:49 PM, Joe Bowser <bows...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hey >>>> >>>> Good news everyone! Android 2.2 (Froyo) has dipped below 5%. This >>>> means that we can safely drop support for this version of Android and >>>> set our lower bound to Android 2.3. The cool thing about this is that >>>> we will only support devices that you can actually buy in a store at >>>> this point, which I think is something that we should aim towards. >>>> >>>> Honestly, if Key Lime Pie figured out a way to get 4.x functionality >>>> on single-core devices, that'd be awesome, but I highly doubt it. :( >>>> >>>> So, what do people think about getting rid of Froyo support? >>>> >>>> Joe >>>> >
