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From: Ken Wallis <kwallis@rim.com>
To: "dev@cordova.apache.org" <dev@cordova.apache.org>
Subject: RE: Review of Core Platforms
Thread-Topic: Review of Core Platforms
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Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 22:44:31 +0000
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Sounds like a plan.  I'll do some digging on what plans we will have on publ=
ishing market numbers, publically or otherwise. ;)=0A=
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From: Filip Maj [fil@adobe.com]=0A=
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 5:36 PM=0A=
To: dev@cordova.apache.org=0A=
Subject: Re: Review of Core Platforms=0A=
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Certainly, if RIM can provide some % numbers of people using each OS,=0A=
that'd be helpful! Kind of like the Android OS pie chart breakdown of=0A=
users across different OS versions.=0A=
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In the past, at some point we decided to stop supporting BB OS 5 and 4.6,=
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and removed those Cordova implementations. Just wanted to raise the idea=0A=
of doing something similar for OS 7 and PlayBook once those two platforms=
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get to the same level of usage.=0A=
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On 1/3/13 2:21 PM, "Ken Wallis" <kwallis@rim.com> wrote:=0A=
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>What does "schedule for removal mean"?  Perhaps we can tie removal to=0A=
>some specific metric that we might be able to assist with?  BB7 will=0A=
>remain a fairly large base of devices for a while, particularly in=0A=
>emerging markets and enterprise, where I think we will continue to see a=
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>large focus on web-based mobile applications.=0A=
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>While I wholeheartedly support BlackBerry 10 as the primary platform for=
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>new development, I would like to see support for BB7 continue while it=0A=
>remains a large customer base.=0A=
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>Thoughts?=0A=
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>Thanks!=0A=
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>Ken Wallis=0A=
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>Product Manager =AD BlackBerry WebWorks=0A=
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>Research In Motion=0A=
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>(905) 629-4746 x14369=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=0A=
>project.=0A=
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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=
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>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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