Dianne, On 06/07/2010 11:51 PM, Dianne Hackborn wrote:
> Our developer tools team is admittedly fairly small, and has done an > amazing job with the people they have. Also most of the stuff related > to these issues are in the open-source tree, so if they are trivial > issues someone could probably contribute a patch. I don't want to say > the trite "it is open source so if there is a bug you can fix it"... > but, we don't charge any money for any of the tools or most other > stuff, so it is also a little unreasonable to complain like this about > something you are not paying anything for. IMO you have and are still doing an impressive job. The open nature of Android makes it a real and worthy challenge. For people like me who mainly work with FLOSS (and this isn't only about money), the "other brand" cathedral, although also impressive, looks like a scary everything-is-under-control blackbox. This openness is your strength, and I think that it will lead to success if you manage to build an active community of contributors. I'm not monitoring this closely, but it looks like it is not the case (yet). I don't know all the reasons for this, but for example, when you release Android 2.2 before you open-source it, you are not respecting one of the most basic rules of FLOSS, and thus may be giving yourself a bad reputation amongst potential contributors. For instance, how could someone feel like working on patch if the Git head is hidden? I mean, if you are to be the Bazaar in front of the Cathedral, then really do it, because the competition isn't faking. -- Olivier -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
