Thread: Mer does what?!?!
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2009-07-10 , 20:41
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Originally Posted by SD69 View Post
Thanks for all the good work on Mer.

I noticed this quoted statement and also that the goals for Mer were recently changed in the Wiki, and also the FAQ stating that it would be necessary to dual boot with Diablo to run Diablo apps.
Ah, that was me trying to make it clearer. How's this:

* Does it run inside Diablo?
No. Mer runs instead of Diablo - but don't panic, you can dual boot from one to the other; so if Mer isn't good enough just yet you can switch back to Diablo. Eventually we hope you won't need Diablo at all


Originally Posted by SD69 View Post
Just to make sure there is no misunderstanding, Mer does not and will not contain Diablo APIs - correct?
Mer does contain maemo APIs and many (most?) Diablo apps should run on Mer.

But not always "out of the box" as it were.

Originally Posted by SD69 View Post
If so, this is disappointing as I was hoping that it would be possible to use Mer to run a Diablo app on a device other than a NIT
You can.... http://wiki.maemo.org/Mer/Status

Originally Posted by SD69 View Post
edit: who or what is "maemian"?
It validates packages to make sure they build cleanly on Mer too IIRC.

We are working to get garage to submit applications to the Mer autobuilder (OBS) at the same time as they go to the Fremantle and Diablo builders.
 

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