Sailfish 2.0 on Nexus 5
Hey guys,
I was wondering if the port of Sailfish OS that we saw on MWC 2015 is made officially by Jolla or by the (IRC) porter community.
Will it also be released when 2.0 is available for the Jolla Phone? And if it's made by Jolla can we expect regular updates for it? I'm not asking for an update every month like for the Jolla Phone, just if there will be more updates than for the (only?) official port for the Nexus 4. Or wool there never be other official ports and the one for Nexus 4 was just a proof of concept?
Since Jolla split into a software and a hardware company I could imagine that the one banned first has more resources to maintain more devices.
Hope this is no duplicate, couldn't find something related.
Have a nice day, Joshinho
I don't think there are any official ports of Sailfish OS for non Jolla devices. You can see the status of the unofficial ports in https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Adaptations/libhybris Some ports even have install instructions advanced users / hackers can follow to try out Sailfish OS on different HW platforms.
Jonni ( 2015-09-05 12:27:57 +0300 )editI know about the libhybris and already installed SFOS on my Nexus 4. I always thought that the "Early Adopters"-versions of SFOS for the Nexus 4, which were distributed through the developer mailing list first I think, were made by Jolla. Are those also by unofficial porters?
You can find the email I refer to quoted in this blog post http://www.jollausers.com/2014/03/sailfish-os-early-adopters-have-got-their-email-to-go-crazy/
Joshinho ( 2015-09-05 12:50:56 +0300 )edit@Joshinho the nexus 4/5 ports are semi official, as a large part of the work was done by @sledges who is a jolla employee.
That said none of the ports are considered 'officially supported' as such, and don't get OTA updates and android support.
r0kk3rz ( 2015-09-05 14:17:40 +0300 )editOh okay, didn't know that! Thanks for clarification :)
Joshinho ( 2015-09-05 14:47:53 +0300 )edit@r0kk3rz: work is being done to make OTA updates possible, at least.
nthn ( 2015-09-05 14:48:51 +0300 )edit