Most os2007 software I tried will not install on os2008. After some time playing with lib dependencies I tracked the problem to be an incompatibility between:
hildon-libs0 (what we use on os2007) and
osso-af (new in os2008).

osso-af is incompatible with the current version of hildon-libs0, which is 0.14.11-1.

Now, there are 2 possibilities:

1: all we need is a new version of hildon-libs0, and old applications will install. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find a newer version of that lib, not even in the beta repository of chinook, which makes scenario 2 likely:

2: Nokia changed the framework and there will be no new version of hildon-libs0. This would mean, in turn, that most os2007 software will not install on os2008 without a recompile.

Does a meamo developper know which scenario is true?


PS: There also is a conflict between libhildonmime0 (os2007) and libossomime0 (os2008), but that one concerns fewer applications. Same question here.