Yes, that's my view, too. The community will decide and they can only decide when there are devices to buy. We don't even know exactly what Harmattan is, there are only hints. And yes, I agree, that's a deep mess.
Therefore I think it would be good to wait for the actual devices before deciding where the Harmattan community goes on. 2011/5/6 Graham Cobb <g+...@cobb.uk.net> > On Friday 06 May 2011 07:59:44 Ville M. Vainio wrote: > > On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 9:55 AM, Cosimo Kroll <zehjot...@googlemail.com> > wrote: > > > But before deciding on that, we should wait for Nokias MeeGo/Harmattan > > > devices, which will be announced soon. > > > > Is there something in particular that needs to be known about the > > platform that would influence the decision? > > I think it is more that the answer will depend on what the community wants, > and the community will not have an opinion until they have some experience. > I > don't think anyone thinks there will be a separate place for Harmattan but > it > is not yet clear whether MeeGo or Maemo are the most natural homes. > > For example, there appears to be an issue about whether Harmattan will > actually use the MeeGo name or not (and, if so, whether it will be hidden > in > small print somewhere or trumpeted as a feature). There has been some > discussion about it, but I have not seen any recent definitive statement, > nor > do I expect one until the device ships. > > My **personal** view is that Harmatten will end up here. Recent > discussions > in MeeGo seem to have tended towards the view that the MeeGo lists and > sites > are not the place for discussion of (let alone support of) specific devices > (whether for end users or developers). Not to mention some downright > hostility towards Harmattan (and, to some extent, Nokia). > > In my mind the only way MeeGo would be a home for Harmattan might be if > Nokia > make "MeeGo" a major end-user marketing feature of the device (so, for > example, app compatability becomes an interesting discussion point). > Personally I don't think that is likely but we won't know until it ships. > > Graham > _______________________________________________ > maemo-community mailing list > maemo-community@maemo.org > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-community >
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