Currently the 6th issue is "FLAC support". Is that the one you're talking about?
JBQ On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 8:59 PM, Eric F<[email protected]> wrote: > > 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? > > > -- Jean-Baptiste M. "JBQ" Queru Software Engineer, Android Open-Source Project, Google. Questions sent directly to me that have no reason for being private will likely get ignored or forwarded to a public forum with no further warning. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
