[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] OS2006 roadmap

[From: Peter Robinson]

On 1/10/07, Frantisek Dufka <dufkaf at seznam.cz> wrote:
> Kimmo Hämäläinen wrote:
> > Even without any OS update for N770, you could do an application that
> > works both in N770 and N800, if you avoid using some API. I think most
> > N770 applications worked with small or non-existent changes in N800.
> > (You just have to compile it in N770 SDK and test it in N800, too.)
>
> Well I was thinking about _not_ avoiding some API :-) The alarm API as
> one example. or the one click install thing. Such little things would
> make perfect sense on N770 (unlike upgraded Flash for example).
> Basically I'm asking about adding as much API from OS2007 into 2.2 (aka
> Freezer ;-)) as possible. In fact even 2.1 added some API so let's hope
> something like this will happen. But I know this in fact means I'm
> asking for OS2007 :-(
>
> I somehow missed the 2.2 pre-announcement, thanks Aaron. I found it here
> http://www.maemo.org/downloads/maemo_3_compatibility.html now.

The 2.2 release from that statement is essentially the 2.1 SDK release
with some updates so it can all run under the same version of
scratchbox as the 3.0 release to make it easier for devs to compile
apps for both platforms, I don't think it means any changes for the
actual device.

Peter