[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] The Sardine is finally on the grill

[From: Carlos Guerreiro]

Hi,

A few weeks ago at GUADEC we had a Maemo/GNOME alignment BOF. The idea
was to discuss the opportunities and challenges for better alignment of
Maemo and GNOME, particularly in terms of interfaces and APIs. We
certainly discussed many important and relevant aspects and ideas (more
on that later). Interestingly, as you can see in the BOF notes
(http://www.katix.org/gallery2/main.php?
g2_view=core:ShowItem&g2_itemId=3846&g2_imageViewsIndex=3) the
discussion moved often to the development environment: tools,
documentation, infrastructure, and crucially visibility to the
development process.

It takes time to address all the issues. During the BOF we could
announce the new contrib repository
(http://maemo.org/maemowiki/ContribRepository) and the imminent launch
of a bleeding edge distro: The Sardine.

Now, The Sardine is finally on the grill!

The Maemo Sardine (http://repository.maemo.org/sardine) is a fresh and
tasty bleeding edge distribution of Maemo's Hildon Application Framework
for the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet.

The Sardine contains the latest versions of HAF components tagged in the
stage.maemo.org subversion
(https://stage.maemo.org/svn/maemo/projects/haf). It updates the Maemo
2.0 baseline with the very latest releases. It also contains recent
versions of some other Maemo components that are HAF dependencies,
notably connectivity components
(https://stage.maemo.org/svn/maemo/projects/connectivity).

The Sardine is by nature unstable and will often be badly broken and
smelly. It is meant for application developers, hackers and tinkerers,
not for end-users. If you want a reliable and usable tablet stay clear
from the Sardine.

The purpose of the Sardine is to:
- Enable Maemo application developers to follow the latest changes to
the HAF, so they can test their applications against the latest changes,
update them as a result of any API changes and pilot the latest
additions to the HAF APIs. All within a confortable timeframe before a
stable release of the HAF for the end-users.
- Enable anybody to participate in the development of the HAF and track
its bleeding edge

Interested? Check the Maemo Sardine web pages
(http://repository.maemo.org/sardine) and try it out.

We've created a wiki page on http://maemo.org/maemowiki/SardineDistro
with the latest status and practical info on how to hack on The Sardine.
Contributions are welcome.

Carlos