Hello, On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 18:27:17 -0300 Daniel Ribeiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Paul Sokolovsky wrote: > > Gentlemen, how long do you already hack on the EZX kernel? How long > > more you're going to? Year? Two? Until the last EZX phone in the > > world will drop on the floor? Because just in case you're > > interested in something more than kernel hacking, like for example > > availability of more or less working (more - if more people work on > > it, and less - if less) distro for your devices - now, not in > > forever-tomorrow, "when kernel is completed", then good news - > > Angstrom exactly tries to support as many devices as possible. Of > > course, that's a bit hard without owners of the very devices, so if > > someone of you could spend 10% of his effort working on integration > > and testing with Angstrom, we all would benefit, but most of all > > users of EZX phones of course. > ATM im not interested on anything else than kernel hacking, > and, in my opinion, using OE/Angstrom to hack kernels is > counter-productive. There is still too much work to do on the kernel > side for OpenEZX, a stable kernel and a full set of drivers is a > pre-requisite for any "more or less working distro". OpenEZX has less > man-power than OE/Angstrom, my time is restricted, i cant spend 10% > (i would say 30% as im not familiar with OE) with Angstrom > integration. > > But dont worry, as soon as the kernel is "completed", i will > have plenty of available time to play with OE/Angstrom :) Ok, not arguing anything, just sharing my own experiences: for the last 2 years, I've been working in just that mode - mostly kernel hacking. I wished that there was a distro to support my device (h4000), but there was none - it quickly became clear that Familiar is not going to support it any time soon, and my own unofficial build was just that - a random build every new kid on the block does after a month of acquaintance with the stuff. Well, at least OE and Angstrom was inviting, and I did HH.org devices maintenance in OE even though it wasn't clear when Angstrom will be released, if ever ;-). Well, now all doubts off, Angstrom release was made, it is maintained, and next release if worked upon. And the most popular PocketPC devices supported in it much better than ever where with Familiar. Bottom line: keeping an eye on integration stuff besides pure hacking work pays off by letting you see it magically working well enough as really usable and manageable device - slightly earlier than you lost interest in it and bought new toy just to repeat that "never finished/works well enough" vicious cycle again ;-). But as I write in other mail, I fully understand desire and need to focus on one area per person per timespan - having a community and interacting with other communities is the only way to overcome such "limitations". > > > - -- > Daniel Ribeiro [] -- Best regards, Paul mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
