Ah yes, I misunderstood the question. I guess I had the other topic on my mind. ;) - Dan
On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com>wrote: > > > This site is using the same infrastructure as the Android Market and > > shares > > a unified namespace, primarily to avoid "squatting" issues. That is, we > > want to make sure that if a developer submits an app via ADC2 that an > evil > > third party could not come along and put an app with the same package up > > on > > the Market, before the legitimate developer could do so. This would be > > more > > of an issue for users than the developer, but it's a case we wanted to > > avoid. > > Thus, we are using a unified namespace with the Market. While this does > > mean a package rename in the future (and means a package rename today if > > you > > want to submit an app published on Market after 1 August for ADC2), we > > judged the inconvenience to be worth it to prevent that particular issue. > > Thanks! > > Though, um, you didn't really address what I was asking. I probably asked > the question poorly, so let me try again: > > If ADC2 apps will be used by people outside of ADC2 judging, then (IMHO) > most ADC2 participants will need to support two editions of the same app > indefinitely, or risk losing one user base (Market) or the other (ADC2). > After all, AFAIK, there is no way to change an app's package name, or to > merge two package names into one in terms of upgrade streams, so once > forked, always forked...until the developer decides to drop updates for > one user base or the other. > > If, however, ADC2 apps will not be used outside of the automated judging > process (or by human judges in Round Two, who hopefully will be savvy > enough to get past this issue), then the 2nd package name will not be an > issue, since that app will never be updated, anyway. > > So...will ADC2 apps be used by people outside of ADC2 judging? > > Thanks! > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > http://commonsware.com > Android App Developer Books: http://commonsware.com/books.html > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
