On our AeroGear project, the lowest thing we support on android is 2.3, so +1 for removing On Apr 10, 2013, at 3:47 PM, Brian LeRoux <b...@brian.io> wrote:
> Lets give this a few days to make sure we're not about hurt anyone. > > (I'm in favor of removing support.) > > > On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 12:03 PM, Michael Wolf > <michael.w...@cynergy.com>wrote: > >> 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 >>>>>>> >>>> >> >>
