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Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 10:25:07 -0800
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Subject: Re: Deprecation Wars: ICS vs Gingerbread
From: Brian LeRoux <b@brian.io>
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I agree, we're not really supporting these devices, and it is disingenuous
of the project to advertise that we do. Any apps concerning themselves with
privacy/security won't be targeting or testing on those devices either.

I think a clean break w/ the message 4.x === 4.x, coupled with many
webviews and we have a very solid forward looking release.

On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 10:10 AM, Michal Mocny <mmocny@chromium.org> wrote:

> Does it really matter?  I think Joe summarized it best, we can only claim
> to support what is actually being supported (aka actively tested, actively
> maintained).  Market share doesn't impact that.
>
> Not that we should not actively break 2.3 support, but with 3.7 on the
> horizon, and big changes coming in 4.0, it would be nice to signal that as
> the last version supporting 2.3 and have us be free to make changes that
> cannot be compatible with the older version.
>
> -Michal
>
> On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 12:22 PM, Joe Bowser <bowserj@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > So, where are these numbers coming from?  Can we get a breakdown by
> region?
> >
> > On Tue Jan 13 2015 at 3:30:23 AM Marcel Kinard <cmarcelk@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Another stat: Forbes estimates that the existing number of Android
> phones
> > > is 1.56 billion. Five percent of that is 78 million.
> > >
> > > > On Jan 13, 2015, at 1:14 AM, Ally Ogilvie <aogilvie@wizcorp.jp>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > moar stats:
> > > > https://mixpanel.com/trends/#report/android_os_adoption/
> > > from_date:-365,to_date:0
> > >
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