Re: No more optimization team

2008-12-18 Thread t m
I opted for the G1, partly for the reasons you've given, but mainly because it turned out to be available as a free upgrade from my old handset. I can't say I'm terribly happy with it. I haven't had my hands on a Freerunner yet for comparison, but depending upon what you want to do with your

Re: No more optimization team

2008-12-18 Thread Gothnet
Olivier Migeot wrote: Community, you have this Openmoko company who is still working on their product some months after it's been released. Granted, the first release was nowhere near astounding. But in closed world developement, who could claim such dedication? ;) In a closed world

Re: No more optimization team

2008-12-18 Thread Bernd (Jesus McCloud) Prünster
Gothnet schrieb: Olivier Migeot wrote: Community, you have this Openmoko company who is still working on their product some months after it's been released. Granted, the first release was nowhere near astounding. But in closed world developement, who could claim such dedication? ;)

Re: No more optimization team

2008-12-18 Thread Bernd (Jesus McCloud) Prünster
edit: yes, the battery life sucks at the testing image (on 2008.9 i had 40 hours, which is not great, but since i come at least every second day, this was not a problem) ---BeginMessage--- Gothnet schrieb: Olivier Migeot wrote: Community, you have this Openmoko company who is still

Re: No more optimization team

2008-12-17 Thread Chris Samuel
On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:46:01 pm Olivier Migeot wrote: Due to some rather irritating bugs in QTE (high-pitched loud noises from the loudspeaker when answering a call - quite disturbing for co-workers - and duplicating text messages) My guess with that is that's the phone going into

Re: No more optimization team

2008-12-17 Thread Sam Kuper
2008/12/10 t m ttb.1...@gmail.com The goal of the optimization team was getting us a workable phone. I've installed the testing version yesterday and run into a lot of issues (echo, buzz, not able to wake up) I love the idea of this phone, the openness, the capabilities, but my patience has

Re: No more optimization team

2008-12-16 Thread Olivier Migeot
On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 11:32 AM, Jeremy McNaughton jeremy.mcnaugh...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Just wanting to bring some balance to your (otherwise respectful) comment. Not affiliated to OM, blabla, things like that. I just wanted to chime in on this. I bought the phone not realizing how

Re: No more optimization team

2008-12-16 Thread Jeremy McNaughton
Hi, I just wanted to chime in on this. I bought the phone not realizing how useless as a phone it would be. And now it's been months, and I still can't rely on it as a phone. I was, and still am, excited about writing some python apps for the phone. But frankly I don't see myself doing that

Re: No more optimization team

2008-12-16 Thread Sean Moss-Pultz
On 12/16/08 Jeremy McNaughton wrote: Openmoko you have this community of users who are still enthusiastic about your product. Do yourself a favour and learn how to keep us interested by opening the lines of communication. [snip] Jeremy Your post was very long with many points. Most

Re: No more optimization team

2008-12-16 Thread Steve Mosher
well put. I have not had time to get to the community list tonight-- err this morning. I'll address as many of these as possible. Sean Moss-Pultz wrote: On 12/16/08 Jeremy McNaughton wrote: Openmoko you have this community of users who are still enthusiastic about your product. Do yourself a

Re: No more optimization team

2008-12-15 Thread Chris Samuel
On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 9:28:43 pm David Garabana Barro wrote: 1) If I want to receive calls with phone suspended, I have only one option: SHR As SHR is based in FSO, I suppose you're right, FSO should also work. But only SHR works out of the box. I have tried FSO M4, but I haven't tried to force

Re: No more optimization team

2008-12-15 Thread David Garabana Barro
On Monday 15 December 2008 11:18:03 Yogiz wrote: On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:38:31 +1100 FWIW I can receive calls when suspected with Qt Extended. As can I with 2008.9 testing. I have tried all those, you can believe me. Even the latest OM testing image fails for me. I also suspect nearly all

Re: No more optimization team

2008-12-15 Thread Yogiz
On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:38:31 +1100 Chris Samuel ch...@csamuel.org wrote: On Thu, 11 Dec 2008 9:28:43 pm David Garabana Barro wrote: 1) If I want to receive calls with phone suspended, I have only one option: SHR As SHR is based in FSO, I suppose you're right, FSO should also work. But

Re: No more optimization team

2008-12-12 Thread clare johnstone
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 2:11 AM, Steve Mosher st...@openmoko.com wrote: Thanks david, One of the difficulties is CND. cannot duplicate which complicates finding the root cause. If you can generate logs that will probably help. Steve Perhaps say what should be run in the phone and what to

Re: No more optimization team

2008-12-11 Thread David Garabana Barro
On Thursday 11 December 2008 02:23:14 Steve Mosher wrote: RE 1024. The optimization team was not working on 1024. there is one dedicated engineer working on 1024 who specializes in this area. There is some understanding but not certainty on the root cause which may be related to the

Re: No more optimization team

2008-12-11 Thread David Garabana Barro
On Wednesday 10 December 2008 12:11:53 arne anka wrote: setting ti_calypso_deep_sleep = never. That way, it drains a lot of battery even when suspended :( don't see that with debian/fso -- i was afraid of it too, but mickey said it wouldn't matter compared to the amount of power drawn by

Re: No more optimization team

2008-12-11 Thread arne anka
setting ti_calypso_deep_sleep = never. That way, it drains a lot of battery even when suspended :( don't see that with debian/fso -- i was afraid of it too, but mickey said it wouldn't matter compared to the amount of power drawn by permanent re-connecting ... I know it, but this is

Re: No more optimization team

2008-12-11 Thread Franky Van Liedekerke
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 10:55 AM, arne anka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: setting ti_calypso_deep_sleep = never. That way, it drains a lot of battery even when suspended :( don't see that with debian/fso -- i was afraid of it too, but mickey said it wouldn't matter compared to the

Re: No more optimization team

2008-12-11 Thread David Garabana Barro
On Thursday 11 December 2008 10:55:35 arne anka wrote: sorry, but i fail to understand how this relates to the question of power consumption. and doesn't shr use fso as well? Sorry, I'm not explaying myself... #1024 is annoying me a lot for two reasons 1) If I want to receive calls with

Re: No more optimization team

2008-12-11 Thread Steve Mosher
Thanks david, One of the difficulties is CND. cannot duplicate which complicates finding the root cause. If you can generate logs that will probably help. Steve David Garabana Barro wrote: On Thursday 11 December 2008 02:23:14 Steve Mosher wrote: RE 1024. The optimization team was

Re: No more optimization team

2008-12-10 Thread Xavier Bestel
On Wed, 2008-12-10 at 16:52 +0800, John Lee wrote: Dear community, I'm writing this to inform you that the optimization team is dismissed, so there won't be weekly updates anymore. Further details and reasons behind this are inappropriate to be answered by me. And you switched your email

Re: No more optimization team

2008-12-10 Thread Lech Karol Pawłaszek
John Lee wrote: Dear community, I'm writing this to inform you that the optimization team is dismissed, so there won't be weekly updates anymore. Further details and reasons behind this are inappropriate to be answered by me. What the heck? Are there any _long-term_ visions how to make

Re: No more optimization team

2008-12-10 Thread David Reyes Samblas Martinez
Steve, Sean, anybody more appropriate please clarify this ASAP, no more resources in optimization?? crisis has arrive at least to Openmoko Inc.??? It not sounds any good :( :( 2008/12/10 John Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Dear community, I'm writing this to inform you that the optimization team

Re: No more optimization team

2008-12-10 Thread Wolfgang Spraul
David, the optimization team finished their work a few weeks ago, most people were working on new tasks already. I knew before I had to take the blame for expectations that got unprofessionally raised to a level where we could not deliver, and here I am now taking the blame. Let me explain

Re: No more optimization team

2008-12-10 Thread Bernd Prünster
the panic about where openmoko puts their efforts in... panic for NO REASON. sorry no offence but, i think it is because of the infacy of some users, which can't hande information and start running around in circles screaming fire, fire fire!. i am sure there will still be optimization, but

Re: No more optimization team

2008-12-10 Thread Minh Ha Duong
Le mercredi 10 décembre 2008, Wolfgang Spraul a écrit : David, the optimization team finished their work a few weeks ago, most people were working on new tasks already. I knew before I had to take the blame for expectations that got unprofessionally raised to a level where we could not

Re: No more optimization team

2008-12-10 Thread arne anka
sorry no offence but, i think it is because of the infacy of some users, which can't hande information and start running around in circles screaming fire, fire fire!. sentences like these dismissed, so there won't be weekly updates anymore. Further details and reasons behind this are

Re: No more optimization team

2008-12-10 Thread Timo Juhani Lindfors
Wolfgang Spraul [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ---2 Mickey's framework milestones As many people know, the next big thing for Openmoko will be Mickey's FSO framework around d-bus and Python, and the Paroli telephony UI. Thank you very much for this overview of strategy. I have used

Re: No more optimization team

2008-12-10 Thread Rui Miguel Silva Seabra
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 12:53:18PM +0200, Timo Juhani Lindfors wrote: However, I am bit puzzled about building on top of a new graphical toolkit (EFL). Wouldn't we avoid many problems by using established toolkits like QT or GTK+? The UI is supposed to be light so it should be easy to port it

Re: No more optimization team

2008-12-10 Thread arne anka
setting ti_calypso_deep_sleep = never. That way, it drains a lot of battery even when suspended :( don't see that with debian/fso -- i was afraid of it too, but mickey said it wouldn't matter compared to the amount of power drawn by permanent re-connecting ...

Re: No more optimization team

2008-12-10 Thread Timo Juhani Lindfors
Rui Miguel Silva Seabra [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: EFL isn't exactly new, just not so popular as gtk+ or qt. Heh, maybe I'm just being a bit debian centric here. I saw libecore0 - Core abstraction layer for enlightenment DR 0.17 in debian experimental and thought that it can't be too

Re: No more optimization team

2008-12-10 Thread Timo Juhani Lindfors
Wolfgang Spraul [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Our current stable image is called 'Om2008.9', available at http://downloads.openmoko.org/releases/Om2008.9/ We are sometimes cherry-picking fixes into it, but admittedly not as many as we would like. If someone wants to step up to become stable

Re: No more optimization team

2008-12-10 Thread Gunnar Aastrand Grimnes
Yes - could we have a definitive answer on whether there will be a 2008.12 release of the current testing? I seem to remember that a few weeks ago it was nearly ready and it was almost certainly going to be 2008.11, clearly it slipped... Cheers, - Gunnar Timo Juhani Lindfors wrote: Wolfgang

Re: No more optimization team

2008-12-10 Thread Xavier Bestel
Hi, On Wed, 2008-12-10 at 18:13 +0800, Wolfgang Spraul wrote: The latest image, including all optimizations from the optimization team are in http://downloads.openmoko.org/daily/testing/ (openmoko-testing-om) We were testing this image a bit, haven't seen the full test report yet.

Re: No more optimization team

2008-12-10 Thread Wolfgang Spraul
Bernd, i am sure there will still be optimization, but without a dedicated team, so there won't be regular updates. Correct. From my perspective the updates weren't helpful anyway, I'd rather not talk and instead deliver. The latest image, including all optimizations from the optimization

Re: No more optimization team

2008-12-10 Thread Will Siddall
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 7:44 AM, Timo Juhani Lindfors [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Heh, maybe I'm just being a bit debian centric here. I saw libecore0 - Core abstraction layer for enlightenment DR 0.17 in debian experimental and thought that it can't be too established or un-new. I would

Re: No more optimization team

2008-12-10 Thread David Garabana Barro
On Wednesday 10 December 2008 10:58:36 Wolfgang Spraul wrote: David, the optimization team finished their work a few weeks ago, most people were working on new tasks already. The most wanted improvement of the optimization team was, at least for me, a solution to #1024. I still suffer it.

Re: No more optimization team

2008-12-10 Thread David Reyes Samblas Martinez
Wolfgang thanks a lot for this clear development guide, It really clear my mind and I'm anxious to follow,test and play with all the steps you have mentioned, I will try to helps as much as I can in this line. 2008/12/10 Wolfgang Spraul [EMAIL PROTECTED]: David, the optimization team finished

Re: No more optimization team

2008-12-10 Thread David Reyes Samblas Martinez
2008/12/10 Minh Ha Duong [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Second: Basing FDOM on 2008.testing seems even more a good idea now. Given that the official plan does not seem to include its release to the masses. I'm doing my best to have a release soon thanks for the support :)

Re: No more optimization team

2008-12-10 Thread Yorick Moko
eeeuhm this is no fix... yes it consumes less globally than with the constant reconnecting, but a ton of c4 is also less harmful than an nuclear bomb doesn't mean we have to be happy with a ton of c4 in our pocket... On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 12:11 PM, arne anka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: No more optimization team

2008-12-10 Thread Timo Juhani Lindfors
Yorick Moko [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: this is no fix... yes it consumes less globally than with the constant reconnecting, but a ton of c4 is also less harmful than an nuclear bomb doesn't mean we have to be happy with a ton of c4 in our pocket... It's better than without the fix so this

Re: No more optimization team

2008-12-10 Thread t m
The goal of the optimization team was getting us a workable phone. I've installed the testing version yesterday and run into a lot of issues (echo, buzz, not able to wake up) I love the idea of this phone, the openness, the capabilities, but my patience has been stretched beyond tolerance. I have

Re: No more optimization team

2008-12-10 Thread Marco Trevisan (Treviño)
Will Siddall wrote: On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 7:44 AM, Timo Juhani Lindfors [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Heh, maybe I'm just being a bit debian centric here. I saw libecore0 - Core abstraction layer for enlightenment DR 0.17 in debian experimental and thought that it can't be too established or

Re: No more optimization team

2008-12-10 Thread Marco Trevisan (Treviño)
arne anka wrote: sorry no offence but, i think it is because of the infacy of some users, which can't hande information and start running around in circles screaming fire, fire fire!. sentences like these dismissed, so there won't be weekly updates anymore. Further details and reasons

Re: No more optimization team

2008-12-10 Thread Marco Trevisan (Treviño)
Wolfgang Spraul wrote: the optimization team finished their work a few weeks ago, most people were working on new tasks already. Mmhmh... I was just thinking... What about the python-loader? If I don't remember wrong, the optimization team had also the task of creating a python loader to

Re: No more optimization team

2008-12-10 Thread Steve Mosher
RE 1024. The optimization team was not working on 1024. there is one dedicated engineer working on 1024 who specializes in this area. There is some understanding but not certainty on the root cause which may be related to the base station rather than the phone. I don't intend to