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ARM/N900/DeveloperEdition
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MeeGo 1.2 Developer Edition for N900
Target
Target is to make a Developer Edition of MeeGo for the Nokia N900 device. Flashed with this edition N900 will be usable as a primary phone device for a developer/hacker person. This will not be something for regular end users.
The focus is on meeting the non-functional targets (such as performance) rather than number of features. This will hopefully encourage more people to use MeeGo on N900, and continue enhancing the functionality or build new stuff. Developer Edition is based on MeeGo 1.2 trunk content. MeeGo features are found in bugzilla.
You can join the development and discussion at the meego-handset mailing list and in IRC (#meego-arm @freenode).
Use cases (do not edit these directly, instead add feedback to the bottom of page)
These use cases shall be the prominent ones in the device Home screen. In addition there will be separate folder containing other available Handset apps from repositories, and there is a possibility to promote any app to the main view if the non-functional targets are met.
Voice calls (Dialer, People)
- Make voice calls (input number directly, initiate from Contacts, initiate from Call history)
- Receive calls
- Default ringtone plays
- Volume control works via System UI
- SIM PIN entry support
SMS (SMS, People)
- Send new SMS (input number, send from Contacts)
- Receive SMS, and reply to sender
Browser use over WLAN (Browser, Settings)
- Able to connect to WLAN AP (with security etc.)
- Open a complex modern website (eg. gmail.com)
Common SW (Settings, xterm, lock)
Common components such as System UI, Home screen etc. shall be made functional so that basic device usage is smooth and fast. N900 device specific features such as keys, display and battery will be optimized. MeeGo SDK fully supports this edition, as it's MeeGo 1.2 compliant.
Organization
- Core team is being formed in and around Nokia.
- Program lead: Mika Leppinen
- R&D lead: Makoto Sugano
- Voice/SMS team lead: Essi Vehmersalo
- Browser and Wlan team lead: Vesa-Matti Hartikainen
- Common SW team lead: Harri Hakulinen, including current N900 HW adaptation team.
- Architect: Mikko Ylinen
- Release & integration: Alexander Kanevskiy, Eric Le Roux
- QA lead: Jake Kunnari
- Product management: Jukka Eklund, Sami Pienimäki
- R&D lead: Makoto Sugano
- Community involvement is very desirable, and there will lots of areas to contribute (see below).
Schedule
- Alpha release: on week 15
- Official DE image available with some overlays on top of MeeGo 1.2 trunk (see ARM/N900/Configuration).
- Calls, SMS and Browser should be in a demoable state (MeeGo Summit FI). Camera as a bonus.
- Some key performance and usability items fixed (PM kernel, backlight control)
- Beta release: on week 20 (MeeGo Conference)
- TBD
- Final release candidate: on week 25
The criteria and content for the milestones will be defined further, but this is just to show our target schedule.
Status
See the Status page for reports.
Meetings
- Work space in IRC (@freenode, #meego-arm) and regular MeeGo mail lists (primarily we will be using meego-handset@meego.com.
- Weekly team meetings are held in the public IRC. The agenda and the archives are also available. This meeting is registered on the MeeGo IRC Meeting Page.
Installing and running
- N900 Handset images: weekly build, Trunk-daily, Trunk-Testing
- See the release engineering repository list for explanation of different images.
- Before installing please read about the recommended method: dual boot installation. That way you can keep Maemo on the device at same time.
- Developer Edition images: Coming soon, see ARM/N900/ReleaseProcess. PM recommends to try with current Acceptance images. Check the test results, and if they look good you can find the image name in the report.
- Flashing instructions (when using dual boot method, no need to flash/load the kernel separately).
- Tips and tricks (please add yours here!)
- Connect to WLAN: Settings->Applications->WiFiApplet
- There is also some more Cool stuff to try on top of the MeeGo image.
I want to help!
Willing to contribute the code to DE/MeeGo, but wondering where to start from? Learn the ropes from the MeeGo experts! This material gives the overview on the daily development workflow. Thanks Fathi Boudra & Markus Lehtonen for the contribution. Also any suggestion where to locate the links to this material is appreciated.
Some more concrete steps:
- Join meego-porting@meego.com and meego-handset@meego.com mailing lists
- Hang out in #meego-arm IRC channel on irc.freenode.net
- Follow acceptance testing reports and see if there's anything of your interest you'd like to work on.
- Play a little with Tablet UX pre-alpha as it's possible the same applications will be replacing some of the Handset UX ones. Experiments are being with the Tablet UX on N900. Find more details on ARM/N900/TabletUX.
- Look into learning QML if you haven't already.
- Would like to contribute the test cases? You will find the useful information here.
- Would like to contribute artwork? See ARM/N900/Artwork.
FAQ
Q. Let's assume my bug fix was accepted only in the DE, but rejected in the official 1.2. What do we do with the bug?
A. Submit the fix to 1.3. Change the status to "RESOLVED". Comment that the fix is available in DE & 1.3.
Q. Which SD card should I be using?
A. Class 6 and higher. The class has the impact on the performance.
Q. Where can I download the N900 DE release?
A. This is work in progress. See the release process explained by Carsten.
Q. What is the UI of DE going to be?
A. Based on what's available on MeeGo trunk. At the moment we work with the MeeGo 1.1-originated Handset UX and apps. We are evaluating the new Tablet-originated UX and apps (see ARM/N900/TabletUX). This is still to be decided, and there might be even multiple options for the user to select.
Ideas, feedback etc.
Please add stuff to the Ideas page.
