Question: I have 2008.12 and have set the feeds to testing - however I have seen only one update (I think) to e come through (opkg update;opkg upgrade). To get the latest goodies should we reflash then?
r...@om-gta02:~# cat /etc/opkg/* src/gz daily-Multiverse http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/Multiverse src/gz om-dev-all http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/testing/all arch all 1 arch any 6 arch noarch 11 arch arm 16 arch armv4t 21 arch om-gta02 26 src/gz om-dev-armv4t http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/testing/armv4t src/gz om-dev-om-gta02 http://downloads.openmoko.org/repository/testing/om-gta02 r...@om-gta02:~# BillK On Mon, 2009-01-19 at 10:52 +0800, Wolfgang Spraul wrote: > Craig, > > > Is this a rumor? PLEASE CLARIFY. Will the GTA01 continue to get > > software support from OM in it's baseline release (OM2xxx series)? > > Yes. We are trying! > > Just look at http://downloads.openmoko.org/daily/testing/ > > There are images for GTA01 and GTA02, and this is where the base of > our next distribution, Om2009, is being built. Right now, it's live. > Last build is from January 19, 2009 (today), for both GTA01 and GTA02. > I hope we can keep the discipline all the way to the actual release, > there are many little details and bumps on the road. > > Best Regards, > Wolfgang > > On Jan 19, 2009, at 10:20 AM, Craig Woodward wrote: > > > > > ---- Wolfgang Spraul <wolfg...@openmoko.com> wrote: > >> Repeating rumors again and again still doesn't make them true. > > > > Is this a rumor? PLEASE CLARIFY. Will the GTA01 continue to get > > software support from OM in it's baseline release (OM2xxx series)? > > > > If the answer is yes, then I'm much happier. If not, then it's just > > a matter of time before the GTA02 follows the same path of dropped > > without show-stopping bugs being fixed. Again, I don't expect > > perpetual support. I do expect continued support until the major > > issues (like ticket 1662) are resolved in a base image. > > > > Within days of the December release there were questions about > > future GTA01 support, and it was said on the OM list that OM was no > > longer supporting the GTA01 in the OM2xxx images. Admittedly, this > > was said by a non-OM employee (Rod Whitby), but nobody from OM spoke > > up to correct it. > > > > The only reply from OM until now was from "Mickey", who wrote the > > the posting attached below. As I read it, it screamed to me that OM > > was trying to quietly drop support for the 01 without saying it > > directly. Mickey choose his words very carefully, which I noted > > when I read it, so that he wasn't flat out saying OM was dropping > > support. But he also didn't say they were continuing support either. > > > > Think about it for a second. You have a lot of people that can't > > get their phone to work reliably with second generation hardware > > after 8 months of trying. You have one primary product with your > > name on it, the OM2xxx image series. The latest one says it does > > NOT support the GTA01, with no comment about if future versions will > > again support it. And when the question is asked, we get a vague > > answer about how the GTA01 doesn't need OM for new updates, followed > > by crickets. > > > > So I ask again: Will OM support GTA01 in future baseline OM2xxx > > releases? Yes, or No. > > > > > > > > > > ---- Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mic...@openmoko.org> wrote: > > ============= > > I don't want to comment on whether Openmoko should do more work on > > GTA01 or > > rather concentrate on 02 and 03, but I do want to state that you can't > > compare the usual end-of-support product to an Openmoko end-of-support > > product. > > > > Openmoko not releasing anymore images for 01 is _orders of > > magnitude_ less of > > a problem than any competitor no longer supporting a model. The > > reason being > > the paradigmatic openness of Openmoko. Everything is out there -- at > > your > > fingertips, so to speak -- you can still compile 2009.x for the 01 > > (yes, you > > need to remove some things) or work on exciting new software for it. > > > > U-Boot and the kernel may not receive many more updates, but that's > > about it. > > For the rest of it, you don't have to rely on Openmoko to get fresh > > software > > for your GTA01. > > > > Again, while I don't want to comment whether this is right or wrong > > from > > Openmoko Inc, I hope that it puts things into perspective. > > > > Yours, > > > > Mickey. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > support mailing list > > support@lists.openmoko.org > > https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/support > > > > > _______________________________________________ > support mailing list > support@lists.openmoko.org > https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/support -- William Kenworthy <bi...@iinet.net.au> Home in Perth! _______________________________________________ support mailing list support@lists.openmoko.org https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/support