RE: Why should I write apps for Maemo?

2010-05-12 Thread ronan.maclaverty
. >-Original Message- >From: maemo-developers-boun...@maemo.org [mailto:maemo-developers- >boun...@maemo.org] On Behalf Of ext Michael Cronenworth >Sent: 12 May, 2010 16:19 >To: maemo-developers@maemo.org >Subject: Re: Why should I write apps for Maemo? > >Eero Tamminen wrote

Re: Why should I write apps for Maemo?

2010-05-12 Thread Michael Cronenworth
Eero Tamminen wrote: Hi, (standard disclaimer: below are my personal opinions) Thanks for taking the time to reply. Who/where is the best place to contact in regards to my Ovi Store questions? Today, I received a notice that the Ovi Store is "new and improved" but the Maemo section is still

Re: Why should I write apps for Maemo?

2010-05-10 Thread Eero Tamminen
Hi, ext Dawid Lorenz wrote: On 10 May 2010 14:09, Eero Tamminen mailto:eero.tammi...@nokia.com>> wrote: Actually, what I'd love to be able to do is simply flush swap space periodically. I've noticed that once swap space usage passes approx. 20%, device gradually becomes unbearable with regular

Re: Why should I write apps for Maemo?

2010-05-10 Thread Dawid Lorenz
On 10 May 2010 14:09, Eero Tamminen wrote: > If the issue is with Browser, just kill it and it will be restarted, > just don't start it too many times in a row or you trigger SW watchdog. > Browser can with long time usage also cause some swap fragmentation > (=> extra swap activity), you can get

Re: Why should I write apps for Maemo?

2010-05-10 Thread Eero Tamminen
Hi, ext Dawid Lorenz wrote: On 7 May 2010 09:48, mailto:tero.k...@nokia.com>> wrote: Very good point, seriously. Yet I think Marcin had ever better: (Hm. Is Maemo showing its Debian roots?) Good attempt for joke but failed. Debian has 'testing' branch which users can use, test, report bugs a

Re: Why should I write apps for Maemo?

2010-05-07 Thread Benoît HERVIER
> Luckily you can test that stuff in scratchbox... But scratchbox isn't installable on n900... -- Benoît HERVIER, Khertan Software - http://khertan.net/ ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: Why should I write apps for Maemo?

2010-05-07 Thread Ville M. Vainio
On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 8:58 PM, Ville M. Vainio wrote: > Qt simulator doesn't get the maemo specific goodies; it's not PR 1.1 > level either, it's just it' "It's just a modified version of desktop Qt". If you ever feel like buing a cheap logitech flat keyboard, don't. >> cannot test the Qt 4.6.

Re: Why should I write apps for Maemo?

2010-05-07 Thread Ville M. Vainio
On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 5:10 PM, Sascha Mäkelä wrote: > I would be already happy if the Qt Simulator in Qt SDK would run like > PR1.2. Currently as it is I'm stuck on my development, because I Qt simulator doesn't get the maemo specific goodies; it's not PR 1.1 level either, it's just it' > cann

Re: Why should I write apps for Maemo?

2010-05-07 Thread Sascha Mäkelä
I would be already happy if the Qt Simulator in Qt SDK would run like PR1.2. Currently as it is I'm stuck on my development, because I cannot test the Qt 4.6.2 Maemo features like WA_Maemo5PortraitOrientation. Sascha ___ maemo-developers mailing list mae

RE: Why should I write apps for Maemo?

2010-05-07 Thread Kimmo Hämäläinen
On Fri, 2010-05-07 at 14:13 +0200, ext Matan Ziv-Av wrote: > On Fri, 7 May 2010, Kimmo Hämäläinen wrote: > > > On Fri, 2010-05-07 at 13:21 +0200, ext Matan Ziv-Av wrote: > >> On Fri, 7 May 2010, tero.k...@nokia.com wrote: > > ... > >> I am specifically interested in hildon-desktop packages > >> (h

RE: Why should I write apps for Maemo?

2010-05-07 Thread Matan Ziv-Av
On Fri, 7 May 2010, Kimmo Hämäläinen wrote: On Fri, 2010-05-07 at 13:21 +0200, ext Matan Ziv-Av wrote: On Fri, 7 May 2010, tero.k...@nokia.com wrote: ... I am specifically interested in hildon-desktop packages (hildon-desktop, hildon-home, hildon-status-menu, etc.), and libhildon. Those are

RE: Why should I write apps for Maemo?

2010-05-07 Thread Kimmo Hämäläinen
On Fri, 2010-05-07 at 13:21 +0200, ext Matan Ziv-Av wrote: > On Fri, 7 May 2010, tero.k...@nokia.com wrote: ... > I am specifically interested in hildon-desktop packages > (hildon-desktop, hildon-home, hildon-status-menu, etc.), and libhildon. Those are all developed in completely open Gitorious.

Re: Why should I write apps for Maemo?

2010-05-07 Thread Marcin Juszkiewicz
Dnia piątek, 7 maja 2010 o 13:21:53 Matan Ziv-Av napisał(a): > When you say "1.2 tree had moved forward", do you mean that the source > packages in PR1.2 SDK are not the source of the actual packages that > will be in PR1.2? Can we get updated source packages? Leaked image has newer packages the

RE: Why should I write apps for Maemo?

2010-05-07 Thread Matan Ziv-Av
On Fri, 7 May 2010, tero.k...@nokia.com wrote: -Original Message- From: maemo-developers-boun...@maemo.org [mailto:maemo-developers- boun...@maemo.org] On Behalf Of ext Nicola Mfb Sent: 07 May, 2010 11:34 To: Andrea Grandi Cc: maemo-developers@maemo.org Subject: Re: Why should I write

Re: Why should I write apps for Maemo?

2010-05-07 Thread Nicola Mfb
On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 10:48 AM, wrote: [forwarding to the list too] On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 10:48 AM, wrote: [...] > Later on when 4.6 got final it might have made sense, but as Eero said, the > release is based on quality and not calendar. And the 1.2 tree had moved > forward a lot in that

Re: Why should I write apps for Maemo?

2010-05-07 Thread Andrea Grandi
Hi, On 7 May 2010 11:44, Dawid Lorenz wrote: > Releasing "test-and-strictly-developer-aka-geek-oriented" images on regular > basis would be simply great. Think of it like extras and > extras-testing/devel - yet not for apps, but full-blown OS images. Normal > users should strictly stay away from

Re: Why should I write apps for Maemo?

2010-05-07 Thread Dawid Lorenz
On 7 May 2010 09:48, wrote: > Look, the N900 is a consumer electronics device. That means that normal > people, like your mother, the guy you passed on the street and the person > drinking coffee in a cafe use it. Those people cannot handle crashes and bad > quality. It really is that simple. >

RE: Why should I write apps for Maemo?

2010-05-07 Thread tero.kojo
> -Original Message- > From: maemo-developers-boun...@maemo.org [mailto:maemo-developers- > boun...@maemo.org] On Behalf Of ext Nicola Mfb > Sent: 07 May, 2010 11:34 > To: Andrea Grandi > Cc: maemo-developers@maemo.org > Subject: Re: Why should I write apps for Maem

Re: Why should I write apps for Maemo?

2010-05-07 Thread Nicola Mfb
On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Andrea Grandi wrote: [...] > I was wondering the same thing: why is it so hard to provide a 1.1.2 > image with Qt 4.6.2 installed? +1 If PR 1.2 has too many problems to be released before *few* days, please release a 1.1.2 with the updated qt, actually having sky

Re: Why should I write apps for Maemo?

2010-05-07 Thread Andrea Grandi
Hi On 7 May 2010 09:53, Marcin Juszkiewicz wrote: > I wonder what so hard is in making PR 1.1.2 release which will give Qt 4.6 as > standard (rather none of nokia apps use it) with 1.1.3 following it with few > other small updates. We have May now and first talks about releasing PR1.2 > were "nex

Re: Why should I write apps for Maemo?

2010-05-07 Thread Marcin Juszkiewicz
Dnia czwartek, 6 maja 2010 o 18:27:34 Eero Tamminen napisał(a): > ext Michael Cronenworth wrote: > > At most, the SDK should have been released two weeks ahead of the final > > release. > > Agree. Let me write few words about my view on maemo development. PR 1.2 introduced at least two nice thi

Re: Why should I write apps for Maemo?

2010-05-07 Thread Marcin Juszkiewicz
Dnia czwartek, 6 maja 2010 o 18:27:34 Eero Tamminen napisał(a): > > With a little over a month now on the clock, people can only > > begin to speculate as to how poor Nokia's release management is working. > > Releases are not based on calendar, but on them being ready, based > on testing result

Re: Why should I write apps for Maemo?

2010-05-06 Thread Eero Tamminen
Hi, (standard disclaimer: below are my personal opinions) ext Michael Cronenworth wrote: At most, the SDK should have been released two weeks ahead of the final release. Agree. With a little over a month now on the clock, people can only begin to speculate as to how poor Nokia's release ma

Re: Why should I write apps for Maemo?

2010-05-06 Thread Michael Cronenworth
Daniil Ivanov on 05/06/2010 01:39 AM wrote: By commercial solution do you mean DRM? Simply the ability to sell an application for profit. I'm a stanch anti-DRM supporter. Thanks, Michael ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org

Re: Why should I write apps for Maemo?

2010-05-05 Thread Daniil Ivanov
Hi Michael! On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 8:39 AM, Michael Cronenworth wrote: > The continued delay of PR 1.2 has caused me to pose this question. > > Without customized packaging, I cannot reliably publish applications to the > global maemo.org repositories at this time. Also having APIs in flux withou