Thanks for the clarification Dianne. I'm guessing the confusion comes from people who (like me) are familiar with the traditional Linux process model of when a process has finished it dies and aren't expecting a garbage collecting process management system :).
I'd read the process/threads section you've mentioned and in my mind it read as a warning of what could happen if resources become tight as opposed to it being the expected normal operation for all processes. Might it be worth adding a line that explicitly states that it is normal for processes to be left running when there they are not active and will only be killed off if resources become constrained enough for it to be necessary? Thanks again, Al. On Feb 8, 8:23 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > Yeah hopefully it is a positive impact. > > Developers really shouldn't have to explain this, and I am very sorry you > are being put into this position. I don't really understand why users would > pick out some applications to complain about, when every single one > (including the ones built into the platform) works this way. > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Bob Kerns <r...@acm.org> wrote: > > Actually, I believe you should go further, and say it has a POSITIVE > > impact on the user. > > > It takes time to tear down and recreate a process that may be reusable > > a short time later. And Android can possibly do the teardown at a less > > busy moment. > > > The only downside I see is that we developers will have to learn to > > explain this to users who think we're being sloppy. > > > -- > > 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<android-developers%2Bunsubs > > cr...@googlegroups.com> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > hack...@android.com > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them. -- 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
