[Gpe-list] New GPE packages for N770/N800 for testing

[Ryan Pavlik]

Koen Kooi wrote:
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> Graham Cobb schreef:
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>> I have built new packages for the N770 (gregale) and N800 (bora).  These are 
>> available from my experimental repositories 
>> (http://www.cobb.uk.net/770/experimental.html).
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>> The packages are built from the latest SVN and all the GPE packages have a 
>> version number starting 2.7
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> Why not use the actual version numbers instead of creating an upgrade mess?
Because those are the actual version numbers - at least in debian land 
(including Maemo), your package version is the version of the last 
release.  If you are not using a "tagged" release, it is customary to 
note this in the version number after the previous version.  So, a 
version number like 2.7+maemo+svn20070728-1 means that this follows 2.7, 
is a maemo special build, from the contents of Subversion on July 28, 
2007, and that it is the first debian package of this upstream source 
version.  The correct formatting of the version and the embedded date 
means that newer versions, if they are labeled in the same fashion, will 
upgrade correctly: the only "mess" is that the version number doesn't 
look nice to an end-user.  However, neither does most of the Maemo 
packages out there - it's a function of the package management system 
and rather inconsequential to the user as long as the developer does it 
right.  (which Graham has done)

Thanks for these packages - I'm updating and will try my sync 
instructions again.  Do you think there may be any change to the issue 
where OpenSync connected to GPESYNCD frequently reports "Sync failed, 
unable to write one or more objects"?  It was intermittent on my old 
firmware, and constant with the new firmware, and so I am wondering what 
tablet-specific factors may cause changes in the behavior.

Thanks for these packages and the work the whole GPE team does - I find 
it very useful!

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