I already found solutions for myself and doing well with Linux and GIT. But I don't like the cost of my efforts for switching from Windows development to Android development. To train 1 windows developer on Android I have to spent 1 month of time. It's a huge time.
Java part of android - switching is really fast. 1-2 days. I don't understand why your are acting so selfish. are windows developers cost nothing?! On May 6, 2:35 pm, David Turner <[email protected]> wrote: > Alex, > > I fail to see how your answers are relevant to the original discussion, and > I'm convinced > that there is nothing we're going to agree on. I thus retire from this > thread and hope you'll > find the time to install Linux on a virtual machine, if contributing to the > platform still interests > you. > > Best regards > > > > On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 1:15 PM, AlexK <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > You asked technology questions, and received technology answers. > > > Surprising?. > > > Not. I'm surprising that exists so "narrowed" view of the problem. > > > > Distributed version control is much better suited for a project which has > > > the > > > magnitude of Android, where a lot of different partners want to have > > their > > > own repositories with a crazy number of branches and custom > > modifications. > > > > If you think that a single SVN server can handle that, you're mistaken. > > If > > > you > > > think that this can be managed by having several SVN repositories (e.g. a > > > public > > > one and various 'internal' ones), you don't know the nightmare that > > properly > > > synchronizing them can be at times (e.g. repeated merge conflicts) > > > Not exactly true. Any big enough vendor will work on internal > > environment which much better controlled, tested and etc. > > That means that any vendor will have a problem of creating own > > repository copy on own servers. > > > > Maybe, maybe not, but nothing says these must be "Windows-exclusive > > > developers". > > > Look like you are afraid of competitors on Android market :) Too many > > innovative technologies developed on windows os. > > And open source can be everywhere. > > > At the current moment Android development request for developers with > > high experience, and they cost a lot, so initial cost of the Android > > development is still high. Make it lower and many good things appears > > there. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
