Fwiw I wasn't saying 2.3, but 2.2. The consideration of supporting 2.3 goes based on who your consumer base is, and if 2.3 is worth it (had several customers recently where this is a serious discussion). AnywhoŠ loosing 2.2 I don't think would hurt the community greatly.
mw On 4/10/13 2:54 PM, "Joe Bowser" <bows...@gmail.com> wrote: >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=prepayIte >m&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 >>>>> >>
