[OpenLayers-Dev] Re: mobile sprint prep

[christopher.schmidt at nokia.com]

On Feb 17, 2011, at 1:11 PM, ext Tim Schaub wrote:

> I've put up a couple examples that wrap an OpenLayers map in a mobile UI framework:
> 
> jQuery Mobile
> http://openlayers.org/dev/examples/mobile-jq.html
> 
> Sencha Touch (wekbit only)
> http://openlayers.org/dev/examples/mobile-sencha.html
> 
> I know it is unconventional to put examples in the trunk that don't work (I'd consider these non-working examples).  I'll gladly remove these if others think they don't belong at this time.
> 
> My reasoning for putting them in the trunk was twofold:
> 
> 1) I wanted to have a baseline for documenting what does and what doesn't work on mobile browsers.
> 
> 2) I wanted to be able to either create sandboxes in SVN or branches & forks in git that included these examples.
> 
> Again, I'll remove them if others don't imagine they'll use them in their own branches.

Nah, I think this is fine. Trunk should be more trunklike! People should use releases!
Break break break!

(I now have 7 mobile devices I'll be bringing with me next week... :)

-- Chris

> Tim
> 
> On 1/27/11 10:32 AM, Tim Schaub wrote:
>> Hi
>> 
>> As you may already know a code sprint on mobile development will take
>> place in Lausanne Switzerland from feb 21 to feb 25 [1].
>> 
>> Lots of people have shown interest in mobile support in OpenLayers, and
>> interesting discussions already occurred on the mailing lists [2].
>> 
>> This email aims to encourage further discussions on the topic, to get
>> ideas and directions for the code sprint. Everyone is invited to create
>> and participate in discussions. This is a rather new topic so any idea,
>> experience to share, or code to show, can benefit the code sprint and
>> the OpenLayers project.
>> 
>> Tickets and patches have recently been created [3]. These patches maybe
>> a starting point for the sprint, so now is probably a good time to
>> provide comments and feedback on them.
>> 
>> A page has been created on the OpenLayers wiki [4]. This is where we'll
>> be collecting information regarding the sprint content. Feel free to
>> edit it, and add information you deem useful.
>> 
>> We're looking forward to discussions.
>> 
>> Thanks.
>> 
>> [1] <http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Lausanne_Code_Sprint_2011>
>> [2]
>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/openlayers-dev@lists.osgeo.org/msg00494.html>
>> [3] <http://trac.osgeo.org/openlayers/ticket/3000>
>> [4] <http://trac.osgeo.org/openlayers/wiki/mobile>
>> 
> 
> 
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