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Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:04:16 -0700
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Subject: Re: [Android] The Deprecation of Froyo
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My Nexus One latest upgradeable OS is 2.3.6

+1 for dropping fwiw


On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 2:58 PM, Lorin Beer <lorin.beer.dev@gmail.com>wrote=
:

> +1 for dropping
>
> Steve found a Nexus One in his filing cabinet last week, wonder what that
> was running ...
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 2:53 PM, Tommy-Carlos Williams
> <tommy@devgeeks.org>wrote:
>
> > Hahahah=E2=80=A6
> >
> > It was on "Catch of the Day" (an Australian daily deals type site).
> >
> > Ideos X1 - Android 2.2
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 11/04/2013, at 7:43 AM, Joe Bowser <bowserj@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Was this on Craigslist?
> > >
> > > On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 2:16 PM, tommy-carlos Williams
> > > <tommy@devgeeks.org> wrote:
> > >> I saw a 2.2 device for sale the other day. I had a sad.
> > >>
> > >> +1 for dropping it.
> > >>
> > >> On 11/04/2013, at 6:11, Lucas Holmquist <lholmqui@redhat.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> On our AeroGear project, the lowest thing we support on android is
> > 2.3,  so +1 for removing
> > >>> On Apr 10, 2013, at 3:47 PM, Brian LeRoux <b@brian.io> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> Lets give this a few days to make sure we're not about hurt anyone=
.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> (I'm in favor of removing support.)
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 12:03 PM, Michael Wolf <
> > Michael.Wolf@cynergy.com>wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> Fwiw I wasn't saying 2.3, but 2.2.  The consideration of supporti=
ng
> > 2.3
> > >>>>> goes based on who your consumer base is, and if 2.3 is worth it
> (had
> > >>>>> several customers recently where this is a serious discussion).
> >  Anywho=C5=A0
> > >>>>> loosing 2.2 I don't think would hurt the community greatly.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> mw
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> On 4/10/13 2:54 PM, "Joe Bowser" <bowserj@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>> Anyone who thinks we don't need 2.3 support needs to look at wha=
t
> I
> > >>>>>> was considering purchasing for my US phone when on road trips to
> > weird
> > >>>>>> places like Idaho:
> > >>>>>
> >
> http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/prepay/getPhoneDetail.do?item=3Dprepay=
Ite
> > >>>>>> m&selectedPhoneId=3D6093&selectedPlanCatId=3D4997
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 11:51 AM, Michael Wolf <
> > Michael.Wolf@cynergy.com>
> > >>>>>> wrote:
> > >>>>>>> Generally we are pushing clients to not touch anything lower th=
an
> > 2.3
> > >>>>>>> (And
> > >>>>>>> having serious discussions about their need for 2.3 support).  =
So
> > from a
> > >>>>>>> cordova users perspective this wouldn't bother me.
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> mw
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>> On 4/10/13 2:10 PM, "Joe Bowser" <bowserj@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> Android 2.2 is a pain point because we only have one device in
> the
> > >>>>>>>> Vancouver office that is on that version of Android (LG Optimu=
s
> > 3D).
> > >>>>>>>> I'm sure that other places have more of them, but they are
> > becoming
> > >>>>>>>> increasingly rare, and I'd rather us only have to test 2.3 and
> > higher
> > >>>>>>>> when we prepare for a release.
> > >>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 10:54 AM, Braden Shepherdson
> > >>>>>>>> <braden@chromium.org> wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>> Do we have a picture of what this would gain us? What are the
> > pain
> > >>>>>>>>> points
> > >>>>>>>>> in terms of bugs or missing APIs between 2.2 and 2.3? I have
> the
> > vague
> > >>>>>>>>> impression that there are several things, but I actually don'=
t
> > know.
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>> If there are advantages, I'm all for it.
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>> Braden
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 1:49 PM, Joe Bowser <bowserj@gmail.co=
m
> >
> > >>>>> wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>> Hey
> > >>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>> Good news everyone! Android 2.2 (Froyo) has dipped below 5%.
> >  This
> > >>>>>>>>>> means that we can safely drop support for this version of
> > Android and
> > >>>>>>>>>> set our lower bound to Android 2.3.  The cool thing about th=
is
> > is
> > >>>>>>>>>> that
> > >>>>>>>>>> we will only support devices that you can actually buy in a
> > store at
> > >>>>>>>>>> this point, which I think is something that we should aim
> > towards.
> > >>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>> Honestly, if Key Lime Pie figured out a way to get 4.x
> > functionality
> > >>>>>>>>>> on single-core devices, that'd be awesome, but I highly doub=
t
> > it. :(
> > >>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>> So, what do people think about getting rid of Froyo support?
> > >>>>>>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>>>> Joe
> > >>>
> >
> >
>

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