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#501 SYMBIAN: Port to UIQ 2.1

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2014-04-22
2009-02-13
Roberto
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Why don't support UIQ 2.1?

Discussion

  • Max Horn

    Max Horn - 2009-02-13
    • assigned_to: nobody --> anotherguest
    • summary: SCUMVM 0.12 for UIQ 2.1 --> SYMBIAN(?): Port to UIQ 2.1
     
  • Max Horn

    Max Horn - 2009-02-13

    Could you elaborate a bit? Like, what *is* UIQ 2.1, and what devices use it? AFAIK, it is some kind of GUI used by some Symbian OS based phones, but I am not sure. But even if it is right: Is that kind of a new version? Or an old one? Or what?

    In general, though, porting to new versions of a system can be a difficult task, so the answer to your questions just might be "because nobody had the time yet". And for old versions of a system, the answer often is "because it can't work on that system". But I know too little to say whether the answer is any of these.

    Maybe anotherguest wants to comment on this, he's our Symbian porter.

     
  • Roberto

    Roberto - 2009-02-13

    Yes, Symbian UIQ 2 is supported only until at 0.9.1. Why not 0.12.0????? There are many device with Symbian UIQ 2.
    Thanks.

     
  • digitall

    digitall - 2014-04-20
    • summary: SYMBIAN(?): Port to UIQ 2.1 --> SYMBIAN: Port to UIQ 2.1
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  • Lars Persson

    Lars Persson - 2014-04-22

    Biggest reason for not supporting UIQ2 devices, is that the compiler support is not there in that platform. To build 0.9.1 a lot of patching needed to be done, and today it would even more patching required, if at all possible. With Symbian OS 9 and later (on which UIQ3 and S60vx is based on) we have a newer compiler tool chain which we can build ScummVM with.

     
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