I'd love it if we could sync w/ the manufacturers and os vendors but the reality here is we're a customer of their SDKs just like everyone else. As Shaz mentions, we had no idea the new iPhone would change dimensions so even if we did have a policy we'd be lying.
As Fil says, we should align our point releases to fall just after an expected release. Again, this is tricky, b/c we never *really* know when something will ship or if something is just being announced for a future date. Having a monthly release cadence seems to be working well enough in any case. One thing is for sure, we want to continue to have a decoupled relationship between our development activity and vendor marketing department activities! On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 12:26 PM, Shazron <[email protected]> wrote: > We couldn't plan for the iPhone 5 new dimensions / splashscreen that > enabled tall mode. Ideally we should release _after_ the new iOS/device > comes out to iron out the kinks. > > > On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Filip Maj <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks for bringing this up. > > > > Last time we released 2.1 right _before_ iOS 6 came out (I believe) and > it > > became obvious that we should pay more attention to manufacturer release > > schedules and plan for point releases to be in sync with those. > > > > In general our target has been Cordova support is ready to roll by the > > time the first real device running mobile OS XYZ version 1.2.3 lands in > > consumer hands. > > > > Moving forward I think option #2 you point out below should be the way to > > go (although we don't necessarily have access to beta programs with all > > vendors *cough* Apple *cough*). We will rely on Cordova's committers > > (especially the committers more in charge of owning one particular > > platform) to mention on the mailing list any soon-to-be-released OS > > revisions for their platform and help us schedule point releases > > accordingly. For example the 2.3 planning thread that is floating around > > right now is a good start. We should be doing these sorts of threads > after > > every release IMO. > > > > On 11/5/12 1:15 PM, "Marcel Kinard" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >I'm seeing rumors on the web that iOS 6.1 is in the works from Apple and > > >there is a beta that recently opened. Is there any sort of target for > > >handling new device OS versions in Cordova? For example: > > > > > >- Cordova should support a new device OS in the next Cordova version 4-6 > > >weeks after the OS becomes generally available > > >or > > >- through the participation of betas with the device vendor, and careful > > >release scheduling, Cordova should support a new device OS on day 1 that > > >a new OS becomes generally available > > >or > > >- (something else entirely, since these are just examples) > > > > > >The goal here would be to: > > >- provide some general direction to consumers and set realistic > > >expectations. > > >- provide specific direction to the Cordova development community, and > > >give us a target to shoot for. > > >- be consistent in our approach across all the OS vendors (assuming that > > >is desired). > > > > > >Has there been previous discussion on this topic? If not, what are your > > >ideas on this? > > > > > >-- Marcel Kinard > > > > >
