[Pkg-n900-maint] Packaging phone functionality for Debian/N900

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> > There's also Nemo, which looks quite cool, but that's also Qt, new
> > versions need Qt5, and that means 3D acceleration -- and not doable,
> > again.
> 
> I just checked and it looks like Ubuntu Phone applications are also
> written in Qt :/

Yep. Too heavy for us, very likely.

> > So it looks like ofone is the best way to go... Its said, because I'd
> > hope for something better, but at least this way I may get some users
> > for ofone? :-).
> 
> At least until Gtk decides to depend on 3D acceleration...

We'll keep using old gtk :-). So far, ofone can run on python2+gtk2
and python3+gtk3. 2+2 is better w.r.t. startup performance. I plan to
keep that for a while.

Not even gtk3 is infected with clutter by default,
(https://launchpad.net/clutter-gtk) so we should be okay for a long time.

> We really need somebody reverse engineering the PowerVR :(

Too much work, I'm afraid. Like yes, 3D acceleration would be nice,
but I'd like bluetooth and camera, first, and likely 3D acceleration
is more work than rest of the stuff, combined...

									Pavel
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