On Tue, May 04, 2010 at 12:16:20PM -0400, Felipe Crochik wrote:
> I don't know if I missed some previous post but I have some
> questions:

Most of the discussion has happened in
<http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=30648>.

> 1. Was diablo officially discontinued by nokia?

Not explicitly as far as I know, but at this stage I think it's safe to
assume there will be no more updates unless something extraordinary
happens.

> 2. Where can we find what has changed/benefits of upgrading?

Here's the collected changelog of what's currently in the repository
(it's also visible in the application manager before upgrading):

 busybox:
  * Fixes: BMO#3917: Missing Large File Support (CONFIG_LFS) in Busybox.
  * Fixes: BMO#3951: Incompatible quote handling in Busybox xargs
    (FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_QUOTES disabled?)
  * Enable FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_ZERO_TERM for consistency with
    FEATURE_FIND_PRINT0 (mentioned in BMO#3951/BMO#4248).
  * Fixes: BMO#3957: Busybox does not support "ls -Q" which some scripts need.
  * Fixes: BMO#3968: grep -r can output corrupt data in error message if file
    cannot be read.
  * Fixes: BMO#4174: shell history file is overwritten after every command.
  * Fixes: BMO#4175: History cross-contamination between concurrently running
    shells
  * Fixes: BMO#7014: ash saves only 15 lines of history (increased to 100). 
  * Workaround for BMO#5317: Shell does not save command history / Busybox
    doesn't handle SIGHUP properly. 
  * Fix for multi-column ls -Q output. 
  * Fixes: BMO#419: Enable IPv6 support in busybox (and PING6).
  * Fixes: BMO#3989: Busybox "ls -s" dereferences the file.
  * Fixes: BMO#4248: Enable features in Busybox to increase its tools
    GNU/Debian compatibility.
  * Fixes: BMO#4079: busybox df does not handle root filesystem on command
    line.
  * Fixes: BMO#6606: No getopts, called by init-functions (lsb-base).
  * Fixes: BMO#8291: Enable CONFIG_LOCALE_SUPPORT in busybox.
  * Build with -mthumb to match the official Nokia package.
  * Make df rootfs mangling conditional on filesystem arguments.

 dnsmasq:
  * Fixes: BMO#995: DNS resolution ignores local domain.
  * Removed unused resolvconf script. 

 kernel-diablo:
  * Fixes: BMO#2249: FM Radio frequency not set for use in Japan.
    Martin Grimme <martin.grimme at lintegra.de>
  * Fixes: BMO#2491: cant run camera applications with v4l2.
    Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus at nokia.com>
  * Fixes: BMO#3123: Patch to kernel to allow DSP framebuffer sharing on N8x0
    devices.
    Simon Pickering <S.G.Pickering at bath.ac.uk>
  * Fixes: BMO#3519: Integrate screen rotation patches into stock kernel.
    Luarvique L. Luarvique <luarvique at gmail.com>
  * Changed debian/rules to do a parallel make because Diablo's
    dpkg-buildpackage is too old to support -j and I'm lazy.

 loudmouth:
  * Fixes: BMO#3455: telepathy-gabble deadlooping 
  * Fixes: BMO#4119: digest-uri omits the serv-name part causing
    authentication failure when host != serv-name
    Sjoerd Simons <sjoerd at debian.org>

 modest:
  * Fixes: BMO#2553: Please make folder view finger-sized.
    Daniel Martin Yerga <dyerga at gmail.com>
  * Fixes: BMO#2554: Add "Move to folder" button in main view.
    Daniel Martin Yerga <dyerga at gmail.com>
  * Fixes: BMO#3004: Modest pops up even when only read messages are in IMAP
    inbox.
    Daniel Martin Yerga <dyerga at gmail.com>
  * Fixes: BMO#3498: Add "Zooming to x%" messages to Modest. 
    Daniel Martin Yerga <dyerga at gmail.com>
  * Fixes: BMO#3941: Signature separator misses trailing space (RFC 3676
    violation).

 tinymail:
  * Fixes: BMO#4803: Modest sends empty ENABLE command when IMAP server
    advertises ENABLE but not CONDSTORE or QRESYNC capabilities. 

 osso-pdf-viewer:
  * Fixes: BMO#2150/NB#76448/NB#120388: PDF Reader doesn't support internal
    document hyperlinks.
    xujun <Jun.Xu at plenware.com>
  * Fixes: BMO#2704: PDF Reader needs more zoom levels between 50% and 150%
    Sandu Gherbe <pursisimplu2004 at yahoo.com>
  * Fixes: BMO#2714: Page up should go to Bottom of Previous Page (instead
    of Top).
    yanghua <Hua.Yang at plenware.com>
  * Fixes: BMO#4930: PDF Reader doesn't use optimal screen width in fit
    width mode.
    Hauweele Pierre <antegallya at gmail.com>

 xserver-xomap:
  * Fixes: BMO#3519: Integrate screen rotation patches into stock kernel and X
    server. 
    Luarvique L. Luarvique <luarvique at gmail.com>
  * Force building with vfp on ARM to match the official Nokia package, and
    since it doesn't compile without it anyway. 
  * Fixes: <https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6502>: RandR fails
    after some time.
    Marius Gedminas <mgedmin at b4net.lt>

> 3. Does this in any way or shape relate to having qt 4.6 on Diablo? Does it
> make any easier/harder?

No, or at least not yet.  I honestly don't know what issues there are to be
solved for this, but if there's anything we can do I'm all ears.

L.

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