Re: [WikimediaMobile] [Apps] Android Wikipedia legacy device active maintenance ending

2015-08-31 Thread Dan Garry
It's also important to note that ending active feature development and maintenance for older versions of Android does not stop users from continuing to use the app. As Stephen noted, users on 2.3 devices will still be able to download the native app and use it as normal, including Wikipedia Zero.

Re: [WikimediaMobile] [Apps] Android Wikipedia legacy device active maintenance ending

2015-08-31 Thread Pine W
Does "ceasing active support" include ceasing security updates, or will those continue to be provided to legacy app users? Pine On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 2:44 PM, Dan Garry wrote: > It's also important to note that ending active feature development and > maintenance for

Re: [WikimediaMobile] [Apps] Android Wikipedia legacy device active maintenance ending

2015-08-31 Thread Dan Garry
On 31 August 2015 at 15:01, Pine W wrote: > Does "ceasing active support" include ceasing security updates, or will > those continue to be provided to legacy app users? > To quote Stephen's email, "This will be the final planned legacy device release. Allowances will be

Re: [WikimediaMobile] [Apps] Android Wikipedia legacy device active maintenance ending

2015-08-31 Thread Pine W
OK, thanks! Pine On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 3:15 PM, Dan Garry wrote: > On 31 August 2015 at 15:01, Pine W wrote: > >> Does "ceasing active support" include ceasing security updates, or will >> those continue to be provided to legacy app users? >> > >

Re: [WikimediaMobile] [Apps] Android Wikipedia legacy device active maintenance ending

2015-08-31 Thread Tilman Bayer
To prevent misunderstandings among cursory readers, and to connect a bit with the parallel thread about apps and Global North/South: Adam's numbers were about ratios among Android app pageviews. If you are instead interested in the overall percentage of WP0 pageviews that come from the app on

Re: [WikimediaMobile] [Apps] Android Wikipedia legacy device active maintenance ending

2015-08-28 Thread Pine W
Ok, those numbers might be significant for the WP0 program. Has WMF Partnerships been consulted about this proposed change to app support for legacy Android versions? Pine On Aug 28, 2015 10:53 AM, Adam Baso ab...@wikimedia.org wrote: Following up... For Wikipedia Zero tagged Wikipedia for

Re: [WikimediaMobile] [Apps] Android Wikipedia legacy device active maintenance ending

2015-08-28 Thread Adam Baso
Following up... For Wikipedia Zero tagged Wikipedia for Android access, looking at days from August 20-26, it looks like about somewhere between 14.8% and 16.6% of pageviews are on Android 2.3-4.0. [1] Wikipedia Zero tagged Wikipedia for Android access constitutes about 5.3% of the overall

[WikimediaMobile] [Apps] Android Wikipedia legacy device active maintenance ending

2015-08-27 Thread Stephen Niedzielski
The WMF Android App team will be ceasing active support for older devices soon, namely devices that run Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) or older. Our final legacy device release is expected in mid to late September[0]. This release will remain available on the Google Play Store for devices

Re: [WikimediaMobile] [Apps] Android Wikipedia legacy device active maintenance ending

2015-08-27 Thread Pine W
Just to check: what percentage of Wikipedia Zero users are running Android legacy OS versions? Pine On Aug 27, 2015 12:49 PM, Stephen Niedzielski sniedziel...@wikimedia.org wrote: The WMF Android App team will be ceasing active support for older devices soon, namely devices that run Android

Re: [WikimediaMobile] [Apps] Android Wikipedia legacy device active maintenance ending

2015-08-27 Thread Adam Baso
I think I can get this in Hadoop. Will get back on thread. On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 3:22 PM, Pine W wiki.p...@gmail.com wrote: Just to check: what percentage of Wikipedia Zero users are running Android legacy OS versions? Pine On Aug 27, 2015 12:49 PM, Stephen Niedzielski