[maemo-developers] sbox2 & maemo

[From: Koen Kooi]

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Lauri Leukkunen schreef:

> Also note that SB2 is totally not interested in doing x86->x86 development,
> like what many people are doing today with SB1. People need to wake up, smell
> the coffee, integrate with debian proper and get with the program.

I agree with that

> It's
> stupid to maintain a lame x86 port of maemo which nobody wants when all the
> components should be pushed to debian and ubuntu and get those bigger
> communities involved in their development.

The big problem is that hildon depends on an old, forked version of gtk+ that nobody in
their right mind wants on their x86 systems. The nokia people at guadec were unable to
give me an ETA on when that will be fixed :(

> One day we will anyway be
> running debian/stable with a few custom components on the tablets.

You mean switching back to OABI?

> That was the aim with this whole debian thing in the first place, remember?

Not marketing targeted at geeks?

regards,

Koen
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