4.1.0? Is the minsdk the only thing keeping gingerbread support around? Are
there other things about 4.0.0 that broke support for 2.3.0?



On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 2:13 PM, Joe Bowser <bows...@gmail.com> wrote:

> OK, because we screwed up, should we release a Cordova-Android 5.0?  This
> is going to break people, even though I don't care about the breakage, I do
> care about telling them about the breakage.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 2:10 PM Joe Bowser <bows...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > It should be replaced with 14.  This was definitely an oversight since we
> > all agreed in theory but never came to a proper decision.
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 12:20 PM Sergey Grebnov (Akvelon) <
> > v-seg...@microsoft.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I still see minSdkVersion = 10 (GINGERBREAD) in platform template.
> Should
> >> it be replaced w/ 14 (ICE_CREAM_SANDWICH) in this case and also updated
> in
> >> platform docs? -  per docs we still support Gingerbread.
> >>
> >> Steve is currently working on docs update so this is perfect time to
> >> change this.
> >>
> >> -Sergey
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Shazron [mailto:shaz...@gmail.com]
> >> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 1:04 PM
> >> To: dev@cordova.apache.org
> >> Subject: Re: Deprecation Wars: ICS vs Gingerbread
> >>
> >> Joe, perhaps that can be part of the Tools Release blog post? Steve put
> >> out a link to the draft in another thread.
> >>
> >> On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 10:14 AM, Joe Bowser <bows...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > Resurrecting this thread!
> >> >
> >> > I think we need to let our users know that Cordova 4.0 doesn't support
> >> > Gingerbread, or at least some of the features don't work on
> Gingerbread.
> >> > I've been trying to clean up the JIRA a bit today, and it seems that
> >> > while we came to a consensus to drop 2.3, we didn't tell anyone. :/
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 12:41 PM Joe Bowser <bows...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Firefox works on 2.3, and Chrome does not. It also depends on the
> >> >> device
> >> >>
> >> >> On Tue, Jan 13, 2015, 12:20 PM Josh Soref <jso...@blackberry.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>> Michal Mocny wrote:
> >> >>> >... we aren't telling those individuals that they cannot use their
> >> >>> >phones, we are telling developers that want to create new
> >> >>> >applications for that target to either build mobile web, packaged
> >> >>> >native, or just stick to existing versions of cordova if really
> >> needed.
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> >I do not buy the argument that you are doing those individuals with
> >> >>> >those phones a favour by building them hybrid apps using the
> >> >>> >antiquated 2.3 webview on antiquated machine specs.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I don't have an opinion on this. But I do have a question.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Ignoring the fact that GeckoView is flaky today,
> >> >>>
> >> >>> 1. Does GeckoView / Firefox work (at all? well?) on a sample /
> >> >>> typical 2.3 device?
> >> >>> 2. Can I run Chrome (or some relative) on that same device (at all?
> >> >>> well?)
> >> >>>
> >> >>
> >>
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