[maemo-developers] Curious: Maemo devices other than Nokia?

[From: Mikhail Sobolev]

On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 04:50:15AM +0200, Lauri Leukkunen wrote:
> On 22/01/08 00:00 +0300, ext Mikhail Sobolev wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 09:16:38PM +0100, Michael 'Mickey' Lauer wrote:
> > > Please take a look into OpenEmbedded, which makes building images for
> > > various machine types very easy. The configurations for the Nokia
> > > internet tablets are supported, but could need some fresh blood.
> > We actually did quite some time ago and for some reason we decided not
> > to go for it.  I'm afraid now it will require a significant of both
> > effort and blood to change for it. :(
> 
> I hope this is not a reference to me looking at the openzaurus or whatever it
> was back in 2002/3. :)
Rather to my own consideration regarding the amount of effort that a
particular group of people would need to put while everybody else is
programming like crazy.

> So in a way it may be a good idea to use openembedded, or it may not.
> So much depends on which goals and priorities you pick from the monumental
> pile of intentions and promises that the people who have worked on this
> have had.
I think we have quite a few people who pick goals and set priorities :)
So I'll be patiently waiting for their input... :)

> As for ditching scratchbox in favor of something else, give sb2 a shot before
> you give up on the whole concept. I think there is value in what it does, for
> being a way of cross-compiling that is independent of the distribution you're
> working with. I like the idea of being able to download a source tarball and
> just compiling it, instead of having to integrate it into openembedded's
> build system to be able to do it. Again, different dreams produce different
> problems.
I was talking with the project manager for SB2 related project.  He said
that we certainly should have a look at it in some near future and I
will :)

--
Misha
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