Wolfgang Spraul wrote: > Bernd, > >> i am sure there will still be optimization, but without a dedicated >> team, so there won't be regular updates. > > Correct. > From my perspective the updates weren't helpful anyway, I'd rather > not talk and instead deliver.
Hi Wolfgang, I tend to disagree here. IMHO good communication with the community is an important thing to have - and the community updates did that very well. From a user point of view it was very encouraging to read these reports. They told me two things: a) People at OM are working on important issues. Without telling the community that work would have been invisible. b) They gave an approximation of what to expect in an update to testing or in the next stable release. There certainly is some value in status updates. Without them you risk that important fixes will go unnoticed and users get the impression that improvement is too slow. Apart from that, thanks for your update. It's sad to hear that the next stable release is still half a year away, but I'd rather have that news now and actually I'm even more excited now about FSO :) Just a few more questions to make things clear: As I see the situation, OM2008.9 will remain the official stable release until the switch to FSO around mid next year. Testing has some updates but will not culminate eventually into a stable release and will remain without further updates from now on. Is that correct? Will there be an upgrade path from OM2008.9 to OM2009 or will the upgrade require reflashing? If there won't be an upgrade path, will there be an upgrade path from FSO instead? Would it be an advantage for adventurous users to switch to FSO earlier to have a smooth update mid next year? Finally, I'm sorry for those who have been laid off. The good work that has been done by all of you really shows. Nifty phones like the iPhone or Android may be more functional, but you provided me with a phone that is completely programmable - and that makes for a lot more potential. Thank you for that. Regards, Andreas _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
