I saw a 2.2 device for sale the other day. I had a sad. +1 for dropping it.
On 11/04/2013, at 6:11, Lucas Holmquist <lholm...@redhat.com> wrote: > 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 >
