Introduction

[Joshua Marinacci <jo...@marinacci.org>]

Hi. I'd like to introduce myself and ask a couple of questions.

I'm a developer evangelist for webOS and we often encourage developers to use PhoneGap to target webOS along with other devices. One of my colleagues, Dave Balmer, has contributed to the webOS port of PhoneGap.  I am also currently writing a book for O'Reilly on using GWT & PhoneGap to build mobile applications. The book is currently scheduled to be complete in mid-December with a release soon after.

So my questions are:

* Is there a planned release date for the first Apache version of PhoneGap?
* Is Callback the final name for the project or just a working name?
* Should I be encouraging readers to use Callback or stick with the latest released version of PhoneGap.com?

And long term, how can I help? PhoneGap is a really great project and I want to help in any way I can.

Thanks.
	Josh

Re: Introduction

[Michael Brooks <mi...@michaelbrooks.ca>]

Hi Joshua,

It sounds like you have a knack for writing. In the future (say in under 4
months), we'll be expanding docs.phonegap.com to include "Guides" and
"Tutorials." That's certainly a place where we will need help!

Michael

On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 10:14 PM, Brian LeRoux <b...@brian.io> wrote:

> > * Is there a planned release date for the first Apache version of
> PhoneGap?
>
> None. We need to push through incubation first. First main hurdle for
> us is sorting out Git support. From there we will know how to cut
> releases from Apache infrastructure.
>
>
> > * Is Callback the final name for the project or just a working name?
>
> Just a working name. There has been loose consensus that Cordova might
> have some advantages.
>
>
> > * Should I be encouraging readers to use Callback or stick with the
> latest released version of PhoneGap.com?
>
> For now, releases on PhoneGap are fine. In the future, once we have
> Git workflow sorted, releases will be from apache.
>
>
> > And long term, how can I help? PhoneGap is a really great project and I
> want to help in any way I can.
>
> Oh, there is lots to do!!! Right now our top Apache driven priority is
> Git support --- check out the other thread to this effect. We're
> working w/ the couch guys to get this done.
>

Re: Introduction

[Brian LeRoux <b...@brian.io>]

> * Is there a planned release date for the first Apache version of PhoneGap?

None. We need to push through incubation first. First main hurdle for
us is sorting out Git support. From there we will know how to cut
releases from Apache infrastructure.


> * Is Callback the final name for the project or just a working name?

Just a working name. There has been loose consensus that Cordova might
have some advantages.


> * Should I be encouraging readers to use Callback or stick with the latest released version of PhoneGap.com?

For now, releases on PhoneGap are fine. In the future, once we have
Git workflow sorted, releases will be from apache.


> And long term, how can I help? PhoneGap is a really great project and I want to help in any way I can.

Oh, there is lots to do!!! Right now our top Apache driven priority is
Git support --- check out the other thread to this effect. We're
working w/ the couch guys to get this done.