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From: Ken Wallis <kwallis@rim.com>
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Subject: RE: Review of Core Platforms
Thread-Topic: Review of Core Platforms
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Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 22:21:25 +0000
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What does "schedule for removal mean"?  Perhaps we can tie removal to some s=
pecific metric that we might be able to assist with?  BB7 will remain a fair=
ly large base of devices for a while, particularly in emerging markets and e=
nterprise, where I think we will continue to see a large focus on web-based=
 mobile applications.=0A=
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While I wholeheartedly support BlackBerry 10 as the primary platform for new=
 development, I would like to see support for BB7 continue while it remains=
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Thoughts?=0A=
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From: Filip Maj [fil@adobe.com]=0A=
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 4:44 PM=0A=
To: dev@cordova.apache.org=0A=
Subject: Review of Core Platforms=0A=
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Our CorePlatforms wiki article [1] has this:=0A=
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Core: These are the main platforms supported by the Apache Cordova project.=
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* iOS=0A=
* Android=0A=
* BlackBerry=0A=
* Windows Phone=0A=
* Bada=0A=
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Sunset: These are platforms considered to be on their way out of general=0A=
consumer availability. We offer code, but not distribution of these=0A=
platforms.=0A=
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* Symbian=0A=
* webOS=0A=
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Sunrise: These are new platforms coming to Apache Cordova with some=0A=
development under way.=0A=
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* Tizen=0A=
* Qt=0A=
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Horizon: These are platforms that we hope to see supported by Apache=0A=
Cordova in the future!=0A=
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* B2G=0A=
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Some propositions + questions, all up for debate of course:=0A=
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- I'm not sure about Bada. Last I checked Bada's passing % of mobile-spec=
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is fairly weak (some features are just not doable; correct me if I'm=0A=
wrong). I would like to propose that a platform is eligible for "Core" if=
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they have >90% passing rate on mobile-spec. I would vote to move it into a=
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new "Marginal" category, along with, say, cordova-mac or cordova-qt. Also,=
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Bada-wac, how does this fit in?=0A=
- Where does the ubuntu phone fit into this?=0A=
- I would suggest we schedule removal of the BlackBerry 7 (java) and=0A=
Playbook (Air) implementations, and have our BlackBerry implementation be=
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BB10 only moving forward.=0A=
- The "Windows Phone" category above covers both 7 and 8? What about=0A=
Windows 8?=0A=
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[1] http://wiki.apache.org/cordova/PlatformSupport=0A=
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