I am considering this to have passed. Writing up a blog post about it, as well as adding the deprecation notice to WP7.
@purplecabbage risingj.com On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 1:54 PM, Olivier Bloch (MS OPEN TECH) < obl...@microsoft.com> wrote: > +1 > > I think it is ok to deprecate WP7 considering WP developers already have > to decide dropping WP7 support for their apps when using WP8 specific > features. Also devs can still count on earlier versions of Cordova to > deploy their apps to WP7. > > That will certainly give the great team working on WP support the > opportunity to spend more time on WP8. (I can hear Jesse and Sergey > cheering from here... :-)) > > ------------------------------------------------------- > Olivier Bloch > Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dick Van den Brink [mailto:d_vandenbr...@outlook.com] > Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 11:48 PM > To: dev@cordova.apache.org > Subject: RE: [proposal] Deprecate WP7 as a target platform > > +1 > > Sent from my Windows Phone > ________________________________ > From: Michael Brooks<mailto:mich...@michaelbrooks.ca> > Sent: 11/18/2013 23:54 > To: dev@cordova.apache.org<mailto:dev@cordova.apache.org> > Subject: Re: [proposal] Deprecate WP7 as a target platform > > +1 > > > On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 2:12 PM, Brian LeRoux <b...@brian.io> wrote: > > > +1 > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 1:53 PM, RUDD, Brett <brettr...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > +1 > > > > > > > > > -Brett > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 1:29 PM, Herm Wong > > > <kingoftheo...@hotmail.com > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > +1 > > > > > > > > > Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 13:00:27 -0800 > > > > > Subject: Re: [proposal] Deprecate WP7 as a target platform > > > > > From: lorin.beer....@gmail.com > > > > > To: dev@cordova.apache.org > > > > > > > > > > +1 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 12:43 PM, Sergey Grebnov (Akvelon) < > > > > > v-seg...@microsoft.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > +1 > > > > > > > > > > > > Some interesting usage statistics: > > > > > > > > > > > > http://blog.adduplex.com/2013/09/adduplex-windows-phone-statistics.htm > > l > > > > > > > > > > > > -Sergey > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > From: Steven Gill [mailto:stevengil...@gmail.com] > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 12:42 AM > > > > > > To: dev@cordova.apache.org > > > > > > Subject: Re: [proposal] Deprecate WP7 as a target platform > > > > > > > > > > > > +1 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 12:22 PM, Jesse > > > > > > <purplecabb...@gmail.com> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > I would like to add a deprecation notice to WP7, so we can > > > > > > > move forward with one platform for Windows Phone. > > > > > > > Windows Phone 8 has been available for over a year, and > > > > > > > mostly > > > taken > > > > > > > over for WP7. > > > > > > > WP7 devices are currently still available, mostly as an > > inexpensive > > > > > > > way to get a windows phone. > > > > > > > The WP8 Lumia 520 has made considerable impact as a low cost > > > > > > > WP8 device, and Nokia is expected to stop selling WP7 > > > > > > > devices > > shortly. > > > > > > > Our ~6 month deprecation windows would put us at May of 2014 > > > > > > > for officially dropping support. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The upgrade path for converting your WP7 Cordova app to WP8 > > Cordova > > > > is > > > > > > > trivial, with the exception that it requires updated tools. > > > > > > > WP8 > > > app > > > > > > > dev requires Windows 8 and Visual Studio 2012. ( WP7 > > > > > > > required > > > Windows > > > > > > > 7 + > > > > > > > VS-2010 + Zune ) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > @purplecabbage > > > > > > > risingj.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
