What about minimum updating the blog post? On Wednesday, April 22, 2015, Andrew Grieve <agri...@chromium.org> wrote:
> Not sure it's worth doing another release just for this. Devs can already > set the minSdkVersion using a <preference>. > > On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 5:33 PM, Joe Bowser <bows...@gmail.com > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > BTW: Sorry for rushing the commit and sticking the ugly merge commit to > try > > and fix it. > > > > On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 2:28 PM Steven Gill <stevengil...@gmail.com > <javascript:;>> > > wrote: > > > > > Okay. Since pluggable webviews don't work with 2.3.x, I'd say we do a > > > cordova-android 4.1.0 release with minsdk 14. > > > > > > I'll update the docs to say we only support android 4+ > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 2:24 PM, Joe Bowser <bows...@gmail.com > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > > > > > As in they don't work on Android 2.3.x, sorry hit send way too soon. > > > Also, > > > > there's a lot of bad security issues on 2.3.x that we just can't fix, > > so > > > > it's best that we draw the line here and not support 2.3.x > > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 2:23 PM Joe Bowser <bows...@gmail.com > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > > > > > > > None of the Third Party WebViews work for 4.0.x > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 2:19 PM Steven Gill < > stevengil...@gmail.com <javascript:;>> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > >> 4.1.0? Is the minsdk the only thing keeping gingerbread support > > > around? > > > > >> Are > > > > >> there other things about 4.0.0 that broke support for 2.3.0? > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 2:13 PM, Joe Bowser <bows...@gmail.com > <javascript:;>> > > > wrote: > > > > >> > > > > >> > OK, because we screwed up, should we release a Cordova-Android > > 5.0? > > > > >> This > > > > >> > is going to break people, even though I don't care about the > > > breakage, > > > > >> I do > > > > >> > care about telling them about the breakage. > > > > >> > > > > > >> > Thoughts? > > > > >> > > > > > >> > On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 2:10 PM Joe Bowser <bows...@gmail.com > <javascript:;>> > > > wrote: > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > It should be replaced with 14. This was definitely an > oversight > > > > >> since we > > > > >> > > all agreed in theory but never came to a proper decision. > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 12:20 PM Sergey Grebnov (Akvelon) < > > > > >> > > v-seg...@microsoft.com <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > >> I still see minSdkVersion = 10 (GINGERBREAD) in platform > > > template. > > > > >> > Should > > > > >> > >> it be replaced w/ 14 (ICE_CREAM_SANDWICH) in this case and > also > > > > >> updated > > > > >> > in > > > > >> > >> platform docs? - per docs we still support Gingerbread. > > > > >> > >> > > > > >> > >> Steve is currently working on docs update so this is perfect > > time > > > > to > > > > >> > >> change this. > > > > >> > >> > > > > >> > >> -Sergey > > > > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > > > > >> > >> From: Shazron [mailto:shaz...@gmail.com <javascript:;>] > > > > >> > >> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 1:04 PM > > > > >> > >> To: dev@cordova.apache.org <javascript:;> > > > > >> > >> Subject: Re: Deprecation Wars: ICS vs Gingerbread > > > > >> > >> > > > > >> > >> Joe, perhaps that can be part of the Tools Release blog post? > > > Steve > > > > >> put > > > > >> > >> out a link to the draft in another thread. > > > > >> > >> > > > > >> > >> On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 10:14 AM, Joe Bowser < > > bows...@gmail.com <javascript:;>> > > > > >> wrote: > > > > >> > >> > Resurrecting this thread! > > > > >> > >> > > > > > >> > >> > I think we need to let our users know that Cordova 4.0 > > doesn't > > > > >> support > > > > >> > >> > Gingerbread, or at least some of the features don't work on > > > > >> > Gingerbread. > > > > >> > >> > I've been trying to clean up the JIRA a bit today, and it > > seems > > > > >> that > > > > >> > >> > while we came to a consensus to drop 2.3, we didn't tell > > > anyone. > > > > :/ > > > > >> > >> > > > > > >> > >> > > > > > >> > >> > On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 12:41 PM Joe Bowser < > > bows...@gmail.com <javascript:;> > > > > > > > > >> > wrote: > > > > >> > >> > > > > > >> > >> >> Firefox works on 2.3, and Chrome does not. It also depends > > on > > > > the > > > > >> > >> >> device > > > > >> > >> >> > > > > >> > >> >> On Tue, Jan 13, 2015, 12:20 PM Josh Soref < > > > > jso...@blackberry.com <javascript:;>> > > > > >> > >> wrote: > > > > >> > >> >> > > > > >> > >> >>> Michal Mocny wrote: > > > > >> > >> >>> >... we aren't telling those individuals that they cannot > > use > > > > >> their > > > > >> > >> >>> >phones, we are telling developers that want to create > new > > > > >> > >> >>> >applications for that target to either build mobile web, > > > > >> packaged > > > > >> > >> >>> >native, or just stick to existing versions of cordova if > > > > really > > > > >> > >> needed. > > > > >> > >> >>> > > > > > >> > >> >>> >I do not buy the argument that you are doing those > > > individuals > > > > >> with > > > > >> > >> >>> >those phones a favour by building them hybrid apps using > > the > > > > >> > >> >>> >antiquated 2.3 webview on antiquated machine specs. > > > > >> > >> >>> > > > > >> > >> >>> I don't have an opinion on this. But I do have a > question. > > > > >> > >> >>> > > > > >> > >> >>> Ignoring the fact that GeckoView is flaky today, > > > > >> > >> >>> > > > > >> > >> >>> 1. Does GeckoView / Firefox work (at all? well?) on a > > sample > > > / > > > > >> > >> >>> typical 2.3 device? > > > > >> > >> >>> 2. Can I run Chrome (or some relative) on that same > device > > > (at > > > > >> all? > > > > >> > >> >>> well?) > > > > >> > >> >>> > > > > >> > >> >> > > > > >> > >> > > > > >> > >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > >> > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org > <javascript:;> > > > > >> > >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cordova.apache.org > <javascript:;> > > > > >> > >> > > > > >> > >> > > > > >> > >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > >> > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org > <javascript:;> > > > > >> > >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cordova.apache.org > <javascript:;> > > > > >> > >> > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Carlos Santana <csantan...@gmail.com>
