Jaffa | # 41 | 2010-04-11, 18:25 | Report

No, the staff in charge of the auto-builder saw that PR1.2 SDK had been released, discussed it with the community developers and - since developers have been asking for pre-release SDKs for years, and wanted to use PR1.2 features - upgraded the autobuilder.

Well, that's a bit unclear. Extras is unaffected - there is a fremantle and a fremantle-1.2 branch. So, any application in Extras is unaffected, however it won't be further updated (at the moment).

However, Extras-devel is now being seeded from apps being compiled against the PR1.2 SDK. Given that the gap between PR1.2 SDK and PR1.2 being released is increasing - and this is a problem we'll face in future (and have faced before) - it's worth trying to improve the situation:

http://wiki.maemo.org/Task:PR1.2_autobuilder

Curious how?

UAEx | # 42 | 2010-04-13, 17:19 | Report

iam trying to install bluemaemo but i cant >,<

kyros | # 43 | 2010-04-15, 08:11 | Report

So this means that I cannot:
- update (currently 8 of) my application
- install a lot of interesting applications
only because the devs are publishing in a future app status.
and nobody can tell how long we have to remain in this deep-freeze!
can't you hear the other dev groups laughing about this invalidism for which obviousely nobody feels responsible.

hey come on:
why isn't it possible to put the future state apps into a seperate repository (which we can disable meanwhile) or at least offer second versions of the apps which can be installed and used for updates in the current firmware?

Flandry | # 44 | 2010-04-15, 12:28 | Report

Basically, the answer is "no".

http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...postcount=1240

kyros | # 45 | 2010-04-16, 00:03 | Report

OK - this seems to be quick and professional solution, isn't it?
Lets all meanwhile put the N900 beside and go for an iBone?

They cannot multitask properly but have a crazy lot of apps.
We can multitask brilliantly but have bravely disabled the few new apps to apply.
LOL

kyros | # 46 | 2010-04-16, 22:34 | Report

Dear Devs,
Please, please, please, do not publish updated app versions now!

If you do, your apps are de facto dead for the next weeks/months, because:

• Nobody can install your apps since the new firmware and the linked packages are not available.
• Nobody can update any of your new software apps.
• Nobody can reinstall your software apps after a phone reset.
• Your software will cause error messages and worries in the user's device and this is no good PR anyway.

So please do a favor to the whole community and wait until this problem disappears somehow...
This is my personal opinion.

Thanx, Kyros

smoku | # 47 | 2010-04-16, 22:37 | Report

Or you may DO update the apps to encourage sooner resolution.

javispedro | # 48 | 2010-04-16, 22:41 | Report

Dear Users, please, please, please, do not abuse extras-devel!

As soon as you disable extras-devel you'll find a nice set of well-tested applications that will for sure install in your pre-1.2 device.

Not that it matters that much now that the problem is fixed for non-Qt apps at least.

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kyros | # 49 | 2010-04-17, 00:58 | Report

At least there is one (your) hint which is trying to help.

Thanx, Kyros

PS: Not every reply pointing out an unsustainable situation is an abuse...

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lemmyslender | # 50 | 2010-04-17, 01:38 | Report

And I lose half the apps I've come to use to make up for Nokias shortcomings. At least the list of un-installable apps is shorter now, 1 of which is not QT related.

Shame it took over three weeks to resolve. Too bad someone from Nokia didn't give XFade a heads up and warn him it was going to be a while until PR1.2 was going to be released Perhhaps he would have postponed the upgrade to the autobuilder and we could have avoided a lot of problems.