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2012-08-21
, 06:30
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#632
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Originally Posted by dr_frost_dk
Well, it is summer time
So how is the progress with converting more things to thumb?
So far my N900 has just been going awesome, no error's and thanks to OC & SR battery life is also much better then before thumb, swap is still lower by more then 20MB.
. Black see is nearby, you know :PAnyway, right now I am REing the virtual keyboard, hoping that when all of the needed sources are available, some GTK guru will implement proper portrait support. And I am waiting for the new CSSU-T release, so the new packages there to be included in CSSU-thumb.
On the other hand 1-2 weeks ago I was a little frustrated from the state of some "things" in CSSU and so far I still haven't decided whether to continue my contribution to a project which turned out to be some kind of "bugfixing only". It does not make sense for me to continue wasting time on -thumb if it won't be available for the majority of the n900 users, but only for a couple of TMO members. Neither I want to be a part of a project which direction is decided by some vocal ones with almost no (if any) actual coding contribution (to CSSU) for the last 2 years.
So, stay tuned and hope for the best
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2012-08-21
, 08:22
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@ Dublin, Ireland
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#633
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Originally Posted by freemangordon
This actually worries me even more than Nokia shutdown.
On the other hand 1-2 weeks ago I was a little frustrated from the state of some "things" in CSSU and so far I still haven't decided whether to continue my contribution to a project which turned out to be some kind of "bugfixing only". It does not make sense for me to continue wasting time on -thumb if it won't be available for the majority of the n900 users, but only for a couple of TMO members. Neither I want to be a part of a project which direction is decided by some vocal ones with almost no (if any) actual coding contribution (to CSSU) for the last 2 years.
So, stay tuned and hope for the best
My best kudos to you freemangordon. We are trying to help to avoid these situations, but there is little we can do without a proper permission from project's maintainer.
Last edited by ivgalvez; 2012-08-22 at 06:17.
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2012-08-21
, 09:54
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#634
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This is very sad
The only thing that keeps this phone alive and differe from others is the work that has been done by you and all the guys that improved this great machene and diferent is from the day I remember toke it out of the box.
Don't leave us alone...
The only thing that keeps this phone alive and differe from others is the work that has been done by you and all the guys that improved this great machene and diferent is from the day I remember toke it out of the box.
Don't leave us alone...
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2012-08-21
, 10:26
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#635
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I agree. If we are supposed to use N900 we need people who make it better. LTS is fine but our machine has a low spec hardware so to keep it running longer we need to optimize it so that it can still perform well in the times of SGSIII and show that the hardware is not the key factor but the software and people around it.
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2012-08-21
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#636
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i always thought that was the entire reason we had cssu-s and cssu-t. thumb support has great potential as demonstrated here, REing closed source components can lead to both stability and and performance increases. i really don't see the problem with adding features along the way.
i know we recently had the whole debate over the point of kernel-cssu and kernel-power, one for stable, one for testing features. i know we have cssu-devel for packages not yet in cssu-t, but maybe its time for a new branch. i mean, what happens when the there's hardly any bugs left, does development just stagnate?
with the work on glib, glibc, thumb, kernel battery charging being a little more involved than just recompiling existing versions with a patch, maybe they would be better positioned for something like a 5.1/cssu2 release.
i know we recently had the whole debate over the point of kernel-cssu and kernel-power, one for stable, one for testing features. i know we have cssu-devel for packages not yet in cssu-t, but maybe its time for a new branch. i mean, what happens when the there's hardly any bugs left, does development just stagnate?
with the work on glib, glibc, thumb, kernel battery charging being a little more involved than just recompiling existing versions with a patch, maybe they would be better positioned for something like a 5.1/cssu2 release.
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2012-08-21
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#637
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If all the skilled developers leave, device dies. That should be taken into account inside the community and by the people "running things". The more you contribute, the more you can say how things should be done, and where to go.
I see potential in N900 to become something similar to what Amiga was back in the day. Developers squeezed every last bit of the horsepower out of the very outdated hardware and it was a closed platform. It's been way over 20 years and the community as well as hardware is still around and active. Whole OS (and ROM) now have open source alternative with ports to another architectures (AROS) and there are modern hardware replicas available today. That is something I see as a very respectable work and end result from people around the never dying machine. I realize this is not relevant in this case, but it is a fine example what could be done. So, if we keep together, maybe we can achieve something similar.
I see potential in N900 to become something similar to what Amiga was back in the day. Developers squeezed every last bit of the horsepower out of the very outdated hardware and it was a closed platform. It's been way over 20 years and the community as well as hardware is still around and active. Whole OS (and ROM) now have open source alternative with ports to another architectures (AROS) and there are modern hardware replicas available today. That is something I see as a very respectable work and end result from people around the never dying machine. I realize this is not relevant in this case, but it is a fine example what could be done. So, if we keep together, maybe we can achieve something similar.
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2012-08-21
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#638
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That is the spirit we need here!
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2012-08-27
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#639
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I tend to be very conservative with changes on my N900, but I've been eagerly watching CSSU-thumb develop.
Hope it does not go away, but freemangordon, you've already done a lot more than most people thought it was possible, so here's a very big thanks!
Hope it does not go away, but freemangordon, you've already done a lot more than most people thought it was possible, so here's a very big thanks!
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2012-08-27
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#640
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Well, I finished (for now) my work on VKB (check here if you want to know the result) so I am back.
In short - I am continuing with all this stuff, but don't hold your breath for the new update, I really want new CSSU-testing out first, so I will base the new CSSU-thumb on top of it. Hopefully the new CSSU-T update should be out in a week or something. In the meanwhile I am going to work on a kernel to be included in CSSU ( -testing for start, if everything works as it should it will go to stable some day), which will be used as a foundation of future merge of -thumb and -testing (and hopefully stable). But again, don't hold your breath, it will take time
In short - I am continuing with all this stuff, but don't hold your breath for the new update, I really want new CSSU-testing out first, so I will base the new CSSU-thumb on top of it. Hopefully the new CSSU-T update should be out in a week or something. In the meanwhile I am going to work on a kernel to be included in CSSU ( -testing for start, if everything works as it should it will go to stable some day), which will be used as a foundation of future merge of -thumb and -testing (and hopefully stable). But again, don't hold your breath, it will take time
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