To make it easier for everyone to be able to easily see the most "popular" (unpopular?) issues, I've made "sort by stars" the default. Just go to http://b.android.com/ to see them.
JBQ On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 5:07 AM, Al Sutton<[email protected]> wrote: > Switch b.android.com to Grid view, then change the Rows setting from none to > "Stars", then click update. > > > > Top starred bug is WPA2-Enterprise with EAP extensions, apps on SD is number > 2 :) > > > > Al. > > > > -- > > * Written an Android App? - List it at http://andappstore.com/ * > > ====== > Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the > company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, > 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. > > The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not > necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's > subsidiaries. > > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Disconnect > Sent: 12 August 2009 13:00 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [android-discuss] Re: Why Google Android is open source? > > > > Just out of curiosity, how do you get the bugtracker to sort by stars? (Or, > more to the point, where's that list? I'm wondering what else is sitting on > it.) > > (And if its 'apps on sd', as you imply, I haven't seen any patches that have > associated security and UI pieces. symlinks aren't a patch, they're a hack > :) .. That is one where, like multitouch, they said "propose it and we'll > discuss it; code it and we'll review it; test it and we'll include it". And > ISTR San spelled out most of the requirements - I'm sure we can get a > new/updated list in the process of 'propose it' if the SNR is decent > enough.) > > On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 11:59 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. 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