Thread: Diablo Released - Say Goodbye to Firmware Flashing
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2008-06-27 , 20:27
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Originally Posted by Peet View Post
Fremantle/Maemo 5.0? It's still a vague target and not expected until sometime next year.
I'd put my own money on winter this year, but that's just me.

Originally Posted by Peet View Post
I tried to search for some explanation for the apparent lag in releasing more recent browser code but nothing obvious jumped out.
Well, merging MicroB with trunk isn't a "do-it-in-a-day" proposition, it takes time and it takes testing. In a big project like Maemo, major changes to the code are frozen a few months in advance of release to allow for testing and bug fixing, and there simply wasn't a usable Gecko release to merge with before the freeze date.

Simple timing, really.

Originally Posted by Peet View Post
Whatever the reason, I hope some kind of solution, even if unofficial, could be found to bring the browser (engine + UI options) closer to the mainstream release.
Well, if you want to go and compile the MicroB svn, all the cool new development for Fremantle will be taking place there (well, for the engine, anyway).