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[James Henstridge <james.henstridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 17 September 2015 at 18:53, Alberto Mardegan <
alberto.mardegan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Anyway, how to proceed? I'm not very fond of backporting the changes
> to the 15.04 framework, because we shouldn't modify a framework after
> having released it (save for bugfixes). What if an application starts
> using the new Online Accounts APIs in 15.04, and a user installs it in
> one device which has the 15.04 framework, but not updated to the
> latest OTAs? If one has the original 15.04 framework, applications
> using the new Online Accounts API would not work there.
>

As Oliver says, we won't be having a 15.10 framework on shipped devices, so
that is out.  So if you want to deliver any of this before 16.04, the 15.04
branch is your only option.

Assuming you can deliver the new API without breaking backward
compatibility, it is probably worth pursuing.  We've had a few other large
changes land in OTA releases, such as a complete rewrite of the thumbnailer
backend, so it won't be a first.

It's not ideal, and perhaps it would help to declare some "point release"
frameworks for these feature additions, but for now all devices are
receiving the updates at the same time so I wouldn't be surprised if there
are a few apps on the store that already require features not found in the
first image advertising ubuntu-sdk-15.04.

James.