Launchpad PPA for Modest 3.90 series (Gnome&Moblin port)
Gnome/Moblin Modest #
As I told in previous post, we’re developing actively a port of Modest for Gnome and Moblin, trying to keep the user experience we created in Maemo Fremantle releases.
While the goal is having something working for Moblin, Modest way of handling mails (kept simple, and fast to browse) is something you may definitely want to try in y our desktop.
Launchpad PPA for Modest #
So, last weeks we’ve started to create packages of Modest for Ubuntu Karmic using the unstable development for Gnome&Moblin. For this we’re using Launchpad PPA. You can get packages for Karmic here:
https://launchpad.net/~jdapena/+archive/modest/
Of course, we would be glad to prepare releases for other distributions. Just ask.
Modest 3.90.x vs 3.2.x #
If you check the Modest git repository you’ll see that we’re actively developing in two branches: master and modest-3-2:
- modest-3-2 branch is targetted for Fremantle releases, and is also the stable release path. If you want to install new releases of Modest in your N900 this is the branch you should use. The releases are happening often, and are numbered in 3.2.x series.
- master branch is the unstable work. The main change happening here is the creation of a Gnome&Moblin version of Modest, without hildon/maemo dependencies. This is the branch used for Launchpad PPA releases.
So, Modest release 3.90.4 #
Today I’ve prepared release 3.90.4 of Modest. The main new feature is that it includes support for handling calendar invitation requests in plugins. So a protocol plugin would be able to handle the calendar invitations and add accept/tentative/decline buttons. Also some bugfixes.
In next hours this should be available in Modest PPA.