> On 8 Sep 2018, at 19.53, Jan Mulder <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 9/8/18 5:46 PM, Dirk Hohndel wrote: >> Clearly this isn't something we'll do overnight. But I think it's something >> we should plan to phase out over the next few months. >> - the companion apps are gone from the mobile stores, the mobile apps have >> replaced them > > Hmm. Just checked, and its still in the Google Play store, with remarks as > legacy, not supported any more, replaced by, etc. Not sure about the Apple > store.
I didn’t see anything related on apple store when searching for subsurface, not even subsurface-mobile >> - uploading to the webservice from the mobile app is kinda weird, much >> easier to just apply the fixes on device >> - our handling of the webservice ID is inconsistent, poorly designed, and >> even more poorly documented. See >> https://github.com/Subsurface-divelog/subsurface/issues/1648 >> - still to this day people get confused with the GPS webservice and cloud >> storage. At least once a month people send me password reset requests and >> attach the webservice ID >> So, here's what I'd like to do: >> - remove support for downloading / applying GPS fixes from the webservice in >> 4.8.2 > > 4.8.2 seems a bit quick (depending on what the planning will be, but my > impression is very soon). Ok, just removing the menu item, and the UI in the > preferences (the magic webservice user ID) is easy to do, but a clean and > full removal from the backend is likely to be more complex. So, I assume you > are talking here (for 4.8.2) about UI mainly, right? > >> - remove support for uploading to the webservice in future mobile apps > > Seems fine to me. sounds sensiböe to get rid of it all >> - announce that we're shutting this down >> - at the end of this year, turn off the server and archive the data > > Yes, logical. > >> Comments, thoughts, suggestions? > > Just a question, as I'm not familiar with Apple stuff in any way. GPS logging > was a problem for our c/c++/Qt/QML based app on iOs. I assume this is fixed > and something from the past? works fine nowadays > And a thought. The future solution on mobile needs also to work without cloud > account. it already does. Kind of. Right now you can manage dives and gps on single mobile device. (if dc dl is supported in the phone) miika _______________________________________________ subsurface mailing list [email protected] http://lists.subsurface-divelog.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/subsurface
