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2010-08-09 , 05:44
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Maemo Community Council ask for Python apps in Ovi

The Maemo Community Council, of which your editors - Andrew Flegg and Ryan Abel - are two, has posted an open letter asking for Nokia's stance towards open source libraries and runtimes, and Python in particular, to be reconsidered in their Ovi Store. Ovi only accepts binary applications, while a very large number of apps for Maemo are written in Python:
It will come as a surprise for many community members and users that Python is still not an officially supported language/runtime on the Maemo nor MeeGo platforms, despite the huge number of Python applications currently in Extras, and even though they base on the work of Nokia's own PyMaemo team, plus two Qt bindings and a GTK+/Hildon one. To put things in perspective, about a third of ALL stable Maemo applications are written in Python, both overall and those using Qt.
Nokia cannot afford, when trying to garner developer mindshare, to be shutting the door on anything but the One True Way of C++/Qt. Nokia may be the leading supplier of smartphones in the world (a claim which, many argue, depends on your definition of "smartphone"), but they - quite simply - are not the first choice for developers. Nor, these days, even on the radar of the tech enthusiast or hobbyist developers. Doors need to be opened to these users, not shut in their faces.


MeeGo Conference: propose your sessions now

The first (of hopefully many) MeeGo conference is being held in Dublin, 15th-17th November; and the ability to propose full-blown sessions is now open:
Do you want to speak at the first MeeGo Conference? Now is your chance! The call for session proposals has started, and anyone who wants to speak at the conference must submit a proposal. Proposals from community members, Intel, Nokia, the Linux Foundation and others will all be given equal consideration.
Proposals must be submitted by 23rd August, however a further round for birds-of-a-feather (BoF) and lightning sessions will open after.



In this edition...
  1. Front Page
    • Maemo Community Council ask for Python apps in Ovi
    • MeeGo Conference: propose your sessions now
  2. Applications
    • Display a Conboy note in a widget
  3. Development
    • Introduction to Qt Web Runtime on Maemo 5
    • Qt Messaging Framework (QMF) is going into MeeGo
    • Ginge is a GP2X compatibility layer for ARM Linux devices
    • KISStester lists apps you have installed which still need voting
  4. Community
    • MeeGo Greeters launched for fora
    • Apps languishing in Testing despite being promotable
    • Sponsoring MeeGo conference attendance
    • Conclusion on MeeGo Community OBS being able to target existing Nokia devices: not clear cut
  5. Devices
    • Game Gripper fits to N900 keyboard to give console controls
    • Update on USB host mode progress
    • Nokia's UI for MeeGo possibly revealed
    • ...and 3 more
  6. Announcements
    • New Qt-based file manager in development
    • Gnumeric port for spreadsheets on the move
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2010-08-09 , 05:51
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Good stuff... any idea how you're going to convince Nokia?
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