hi; (thanks Faramarz; this summary helps! some additional notes below)
On Tue Aug 27 10:53:09 2013, Faramarz Rashed wrote: > 1.2 release does not have a "single" device to develop for. plain and > simple. if... > > • you're working on JB version of android your best bet is a nexus 4. but > only a few people are in that camp and they already have a device. so talk > to your manager if you really really need one. I've filed https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=910134 to track getting these nexus4 builds stood up. > • if your work is based off of 1.1HD -- meaning you're in need of a WVGA > device -- then the helix device is your best bet. again, you probably have > one and if you don't, we'll try our best to get you one so you don't have to > go the funny route of mucking with a nexus 4 to get it there. > > • otherwise, you're still developing on either a TCL or a ZTE device. our > taipei team is working with these vendors to get us the latest ICS strawberry > update for these phones. why? because the previous versions (which are on > our unagi as well) don't play well with WebGL and we have no choice but to > move to ICS strawberry. that's why the unagi is getting deprecated anyway. Is there a bug or someone-on-point for this strawberry update? Can you please loop in RelEng on this? > • last but not least, QA should have a few devices of each of what's > mentioned above. that's cause they have to test for all the different combos > (a difficult task). so don't steal from them unless if you talk to tony and > have his okay. * Lastly, reminder there are also b2g-desktop and simulator builds available, which you can run on your computer - no physical phone required! These are built nightly, from same codebase. Depending on what you are working on, and depending on your physical location, these may be better for you. > i know this is less than ideal, but for the time being it's what we have to > do until things get cleared up. > > thanks! > faramarz tc John. _______________________________________________ dev-b2g mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g
