I would have to say given that the 6th most starred issue in the Google Android's bug database had a perfectly working patch submitted from the community and it's been stated that it won't possibly be included even in eclair, Android isn't what most of us think of when we think of an open source project.
I just hope the attitude of "stop asking for something and submit a patch" will stop. Patch or no, it doesn't matter. There's no community involvement at the platform level. I think it's only a matter of time as Google ignores the Apps on SD card feature until a different Android repository becomes the leading Android distribution. This could have a dire impact on the entire ecosystem with diverging versions of the platform and incompatible SDKs. I really didn't think so before, thinking that the G1 was just a rushed product and nobody communicated enough to determine that 256MB ROM doesn't cut it. But given that every phone announced except the galaxy has 512MB or less ROM, it seems nobody cares. On Aug 10, 9:26 pm, David Turner <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 8:50 PM, Riyaz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Google wants everyone to depend on them ???? > > Not really, otherwise there wouldn't be any reason to even try the > open-source thing. > > The reason why everything is not entirely developed in the open source tree > are multiple, but basically boil down to the fact that product development > has a much higher priority at the moment than building a strong and pure > open-source community for the platform. > > However, the latter is still a goal that we strive to achieve, and be sure > we will get there at some point. For example, the open-source donut branch > really reflect the state of our current sources, with a slight delay > compared to the internal tree. > > Also; I know a couple of manufacturers that are using the open-source > Cupcake > sources to build real products; so I disagree with Disconnect's assumption > that the open-source tree is "totally useless" :-). > > > > > On Aug 10, 9:10 pm, Disconnect <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Evidently it won't, thats why they decided to do occasional code dumps > > and > > > leave the open source project totally useless to developers. > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-platform/msg/7e9d83aa0b08cd39(and<http://groups.google.com/group/android-platform/msg/7e9d83aa0b08cd39%...> > > > associated thread) > > > > On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 5:55 AM, Riyaz <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > Just wanted to know of curiosity, > > > > > Why Google released Android as Open Source ? > > > > > or in other words How open sourcing Android will help Google? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
