I can see there are at least 2 distinct types of user of OM: A - "I need a working phone now, the uber-cool PDA stuff can wait"; B - "OM is a groundbreaking project, I don't care about telephony, let's press the revolution!" As much as I am divided among the two views, I think OM must oblige to its responsibility towards the users who have paid for their hardware, and keep its promise of a working phone.
I don't think that making the core system work (including a little hacking of the Qtopia stuff) is a waste of time; any insight that is gained here can immediately be applied to FSO. OM2008.x will simply serve as a real-world testbed (one that is everyday usable!). When FSO comes along, it will already have the necessary corrections... Citando Didier Raboud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Vasco Névoa wrote: > >> >> I agree with you partly; the main efforts should go into getting the >> new framework out - *as long as it runs on a rock-solid core system*. >> So I support the idea of accelerating the FSO integration... but in >> the meantime people have to use the sucking Qtopia ware in their >> everyday life, because there is no realistic alternative. FSO is still >> very incomplete at the user level. >> >> Today, the "complete" system is not reliable and the reliable system >> is not complete at all. >> >> If you fix the core and qtopia now, everybody gets a working phone, >> and FSO gets a more reliable development core. You favor the users, >> which are the noisier people. ;) >> If you jump start FSO into main distro, there will still not exist a >> complete system that can be used everyday. You favor the developers, >> who could wait a little more (but not long!) and ARE ALSO USERS. >> >> So please just make it work solidly, and then integrate FSO. :) > > Well... I would rather let a bit more freedom to the team : > > if you (as in "the team which will make the iFoan obsolete") think that > breaking useability or functionality or anything else could serve the > cause : do it ! > > Please decide your roadmap and make it public ! > > I (personnally) don't care if I am not able to use my Neo as a phone (and > anything else possible) for 2-3-4-5 months : I have a working phone. BUT, > what I would like to know is _when_ I will get _what_ functionality. > > I you think that breaking the whole stuff for a moment will serve a precise > goal, please do it ! > > Regards, > > OdyX > -- > Swisslinux.org - Le carrefour GNU/Linux en Suisse - > http://www.swisslinux.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community