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

[From: Nils Faerber]

Very cool!

Great thing, thanks a lot!
That will definitely help. Let's just hope that the "regular users"
really get the "smell" and stay away (and so do not cause too many cries
for support).

Cheers
  nils


Carlos Guerreiro schrieb:
> 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
> 

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