On 16/09/10 17:24, Skarpness, Mark wrote:
On Sep 16, 2010, at 4:36 AM, David Greaves wrote:
So... a vendor has the freedom to forbid certain MeeGo compliant apps on
their device/store?
Yes
Good.
If MeeGo then permits Surrounds-dependent apps to be labelled "Compliant"
then there is no addidional burden placed on a vendor since they can simply
refuse to allow them on their device/store?
No - that is a different problem. If compliance says that compliant apps can
have external dependencies,
As it does: http://wiki.meego.com/images/MeeGo-Compliance-Spec-1.0.80.8.pdf
line 231/232
then every compliant device MUST support those
dependencies and ensure they are available to every device. That is the
burden we are debating.
If I make a package that is api-compliant and self-contained and put it in
Extras then that can be labelled compliant. By your definition it offers no burden.
If I install a 2nd application that is compliant then it too offers no burden.
If the 2nd differs because it "depends" on the first one then what additional
burden exists?
The burden of dependency resolution... which is specifically required to be
compliant (http://wiki.meego.com/images/MeeGo-Compliance-Spec-1.0.80.8.pdf
lines 231/232 again)
This demonstrates *exactly* what I expected and I fully support and
comprehend it. Vendors are *NOT* obliged to support compliant apps so
allowing some apps to be labelled "compliant" does not put any mandatory
burden on vendore or app stores.
Device vendors are obliged to have the ability to run every compliant app.
Fine. They *could* run every compliant app that depended on another compliant
app *if* they permitted it to be installed.
But, since....
They are not obliged to allow the user to install every compliant app.
Then they simply forbid installation.
So which of the previous arguments against Surrounds are still valid?
The burden placed on the device vendor to ensure that all possible external
dependencies are available to every device.
No. You said yourself : "They are not obliged to allow the user to install every
compliant app."
They simply forbid the installation of apps for which they cannot provide
dependencies.
So what does this achieve?
Apps depending on shared libraries can be labelled compliant.
Vendors are under no obligation to support Extras and have zero additional
burden.
David
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"Don't worry, you'll be fine; I saw it work in a cartoon once..."
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