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Cheers, Jesse @purplecabbage risingj.com On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 12:38 PM, Jesse <[email protected]> wrote: > 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) < > [email protected]> 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:[email protected]] >> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 11:48 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: RE: [proposal] Deprecate WP7 as a target platform >> >> +1 >> >> Sent from my Windows Phone >> ________________________________ >> From: Michael Brooks<mailto:[email protected]> >> Sent: 11/18/2013 23:54 >> >> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [proposal] Deprecate WP7 as a target platform >> >> +1 >> >> >> On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 2:12 PM, Brian LeRoux <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > +1 >> > >> > >> > On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 1:53 PM, RUDD, Brett <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > > +1 >> > > >> > > >> > > -Brett >> > > >> > > >> > > On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 1:29 PM, Herm Wong >> > > <[email protected] >> > > >wrote: >> > > >> > > > +1 >> > > > >> > > > > Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 13:00:27 -0800 >> > > > > Subject: Re: [proposal] Deprecate WP7 as a target platform >> > > > > From: [email protected] >> > > > > To: [email protected] >> > > > > >> > > > > +1 >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 12:43 PM, Sergey Grebnov (Akvelon) < >> > > > > [email protected]> 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:[email protected]] >> > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 12:42 AM >> > > > > > To: [email protected] >> > > > > > Subject: Re: [proposal] Deprecate WP7 as a target platform >> > > > > > >> > > > > > +1 >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 12:22 PM, Jesse >> > > > > > <[email protected]> >> > > > 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 >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > >> > >
