Thank you that is extremely useful Fred Grott http://mobilebytes.wordpress.com
On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 11:15 AM, Jean-Baptiste Queru <[email protected]>wrote: > > 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%28and> > <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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
