David, the optimization team finished their work a few weeks ago, most people were working on new tasks already. I knew before I had to take the blame for expectations that got unprofessionally raised to a level where we could not deliver, and here I am now taking the blame.
Let me explain Openmoko's software strategy for the next 6 months: ---1 current stable image Our current stable image is called 'Om2008.9', available at http://downloads.openmoko.org/releases/Om2008.9/ We are sometimes cherry-picking fixes into it, but admittedly not as many as we would like. If someone wants to step up to become stable maintainer for this image and cherry-pick more fixes into it, please let me know. Alternatively, a number of other images are available, Debian, Qt Extended, Android, FDOM, SHR, etc. See http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Distributions for a more comprehensive list. ---2 Mickey's framework milestones As many people know, the next big thing for Openmoko will be Mickey's FSO framework around d-bus and Python, and the Paroli telephony UI. See http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/OpenmokoFramework A few weeks ago, Mickey released milestone 4, available at http://downloads.freesmartphone.org/fso-stable/milestone4.1/ In late January, he plans to come out with milestone 5, in late March with milestone 6. See here for a more detailed roadmap: http://trac.freesmartphone.org/roadmap ---3 next major release, Om2009 After the next 2 FSO milestones, Openmoko will fork off a stable branch, and spend 2-3 months on testing and bug fixing. This will lead to our next major release, Om2009. The telephony UI will be Paroli, see http://code.google.com/p/paroli/ The way things are going right now, we will probably have this release mid-next year. That's about it. Lots of good stuff happening in that direction, most importantly I would mention the progress with our .28 kernel, improved wifi driver, some attempts at getting more out of the glamo chip, improved boot time, etc. Yes, the Optimization team is gone, as part of a bigger company reorganization. Some people were laid off. Some new ones are being hired. John did a great job, and I hope he stays around to continue his excellent work, for example to bring the optimization improvements up into dev.openembedded.org so that more people can see the progress. Best Regards, Wolfgang On Dec 10, 2008, at 5:17 PM, David Reyes Samblas Martinez wrote: > Steve, Sean, anybody more appropriate please clarify this ASAP, no > more resources in optimization?????? crisis has arrive at least to > Openmoko Inc.??? It not sounds any good :( :( > > 2008/12/10 John Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Dear community, >> >> I'm writing this to inform you that the optimization team is >> dismissed, so there won't be weekly updates anymore. Further details >> and reasons behind this are inappropriate to be answered by me. >> >> >> Regards, >> John >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Openmoko community mailing list >> community@lists.openmoko.org >> http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community >> > > > > -- > David Reyes Samblas Martinez > http://www.tuxbrain.com > Open ultraportable solutions > Openmoko, Openpandora, GP2X the Wiz, Letux 400 > Hey, watch out!!! There's a linux in your pocket!!! > > _______________________________________________ > 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