First, I would like to thank you for this post, which I'm sure took some time to properly craft.
However, I have a few questions, mostly places needing a wee spot o' clarification, or "how can we participate" sorts of stuff: Jean-Baptiste Queru wrote: > -The secondary goal is to accept code contributions that will be used > to build future GEDs. > > Note that being a community project is explicit not a goal. How are you drawing the line between those? In other words, what attributes are there of "community project" that AOSP is not planning to have, yet AOSP still seeks "code contributions"? I don't doubt there is a valid distinction, but it'd be useful to understand what you mean when you use the term "community project". > -The issue with uploaded changes not getting reviewed in a timely > manner is primarily an issue of resources. <snip> > -The same issues of resources that's hurting the verification / > approval / submission process has been similarly hurting the process > around the public bug database. Google is looking for engineers to > help with the Android Open-Source Project. I don't see any job listings out on Google's corporate site that seem to fit this bill, but I might not be looking at the right ones (and searching international jobs seems to be painful). Are there job descriptions that you can point us to, that we can help promote, to increase the odds that you can find the right people? > -There are a few areas where the AOSP code relies on non-Open-Source > code that's shipped on GEDs. It'd be good to fix those (e.g. by > removing the dependency or by writing Open-Source replacements for the > non-Open-Source parts). Is there a roster of these anywhere that is publicly visible? > From the point of view of > AOSP, this gross inability to provide any kind of supported reference > hardware for community development is a major failure of OHA. Any suggestions on how we in the community can engage the OHA to try to get this issue resolved? Thanks! -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android Development Wiki: http://wiki.andmob.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
