Re: What would you do to encourage application developers on GNOME Mobile?

[Murray Cumming <murrayc murrayc com>]

On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 16:05 +0100, Jamie Bennett wrote:
> > > But the point is that Nokia and GTK are set to split up. Targeting their
> > > devices may not be such a good idea especially as they are enforcing a
> > > 'MeeGo Compliance' test
> > 
> > I haven't seen any real description of any such thing, other than in
> > terms of the Meego trademark. Please enlighten me.
> 
> From what I understand and from talks I have attended, a MeeGo
> compliance test will ensure that the UX (user experience) will be to a
> certain level. Carrying specific packages and more importantly using
> them will gain the 'MeeGo Compliant' endorsement. Of course, what Nokia,
> Intel and their working groups deem as appropriate for this compliance
> test is their call, hopefully with influence from the community.

Windows has various "certified" programs too. We can still install GTK+
apps on Windows. This doesn't seem like a relevant concern.

> > >  which may or may not include/exclude GTK.
> > 
> > But they have said that they want GTK+ to be community supported. So
> > it's not at all likely that they will ban GTK+ apps from being installed
> > on Maemo devices. That's not their track record either.
> 
> Sure, but lets see if the OVI store will carry and promote none-QT apps.

I'm sure that's interesting but, sorry, I don't see how that is relevant
to this issue either.

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