Module additions



Hi,

I just added Clutter and friends to the release set of GNOME Mobile
2.25, and would like to share my thoughts with the rest of the
incubation/pending list:

* Gypsy

Solid start as a replacement for GPSD, but there hasn't been any
real-world use that I know of and development has stalled.  Remain in
incubation.

* GeoClue

Very interesting concept, and apparently used by Garmin in some of their
new satnavs.  However development has stalled.  Remain in incubation.

* GUPnP

Since the OpenedHand acquisition, Intel are continuing the development
of GUPnP and has committed QA time.  Also, Nokia are using GUPnP in
Maemo 5 alpha and Collabora hired Jorn Baayen, the original author, to
work on GUPnP.  The future is looking very bright, I propose we add
this.

* HAL

Currently being considered deprecated by a substantial portion of the
maintainers and work instead is going on DeviceKit.  On the new world
order of Linux 2.6.recent and sane drivers, HAL becomes more and more a
bloated wrapper around /sys.

* PulseAudio

Maemo 5 (alpha) and Moblin 2 (alpha) both use PulseAudio.  It enables
some very magic features like transparently switching from internal
headphones to Bluetooth headset.  It is also being used by GNOME 2.26.
I propose we add this.

* TinyMail

Used in Maemo's mail client, but annoyingly the non-Maemo ports are
untested and unfinished.  Remain in incubation.

* OHM

Maemo 5 will be using OHM, but the alpha doesn't ship it.  Upstream
development stalled a long time ago.  Remain in incubation to see what
future Maemo releases bring.

* WebKit
* Mozilla

The battle is still on!  WebKit is as strong as ever, and Mozilla has
been making excellent progress on mobile.  No clear winner as yet, and
adding both would be confusing.  Maybe these should both be added to a
Recommended External Projects list?


So, in conclusion, I propose that we add to GNOME Mobile:
- GUPnP
- PulseAudio

Everything else remains in incubation.  Any comments?

Ross
-- 
Intel Open Source Technology Centre
http://oss.intel.com/

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