[Gta04-owner] [SPAM] Re: GTA04A4 Group Tour - next steps

[Neil Jerram]

"Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller" <hns at goldelico.com> writes:

> Currently we preinstall the hw-testing image since we need
> it anyways. So the device boots a preconfigured Debian/LXDE.
>
> So my dream would be that you just add the qtmoko repositories
> (or they are even preconfigured) and you do a
>
> 	apt-get remove lxde && apt-get install qtmoko
>
> to switch.
>
> This partially works, but is far from optimally solved. The reason
> is that the hw-validation is still on the 2.6.32 kernel and QtMoko
> makes many assumptions about the kernel and consequently
> comes with its own kernel.
>
> But for hw-testing the 3.2-kernel is lacking some features.
>
> So it is still some work and time until we can do the full hw-testing on
> a mainline kernel and QtMoko is "just" a set of user space
> packages that can be installed or removed...

Clearly, porting the hw-testing features that you need forward to 3.x is
something that you might devote time to...

With that in mind, I can't help wondering how you as a company see your
options at this point.  Obviously you still have to manage the
production of the group tour boards, but assuming that that leaves you
with some uncommitted time,

- would you consider more kernel work, or polishing any other critical
  parts of the software stack?

- do you have other projects that you can work on separately from GTA04
  (which might be sensible while the community polishes the software a
  bit more)?

It's a bit cheeky of me to ask, but if you're willing to share your
thoughts I'd be interested to hear them.

Regards,
        Neil