On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Filippo Diotalevi <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 8:05 AM, Marcel Offermans > <[email protected]> wrote: >> When the first Android SDK was launched, we were the first to get Apache >> Felix running on it. Back then, we had to use a couple of undocumented APIs. >> Recently, Google released Android version 1.5 which now has a public API for >> loading classes, so we're proud to announce that Apache Felix is once again >> the first to run on Android 1.5 and support it out of the box. >> > > Hi Marcel, congratulations for this new initiative. Let me repeat here > what I'm already saying to all my colleagues, Apache Felix is THE most > vibrant and innovative open source community out there!
:-) >> This has lead to the the announcement of EZDroid, the world’s first >> open-source, collaborative platform for the safe deployment of >> component-based software applications and content across Android, and other >> Java supporting mobile devices. > > Incidentally I committed a couple of days ago a google code project at > http://code.google.com/p/felix4android/ > that automates the creation of the felix distribution for android, as > explained in the felix documentation. Of course, you are miles ahead. > > One clarification though: in the ezdroid website you write > "open-source, collaborative platform", but I don't see the code in the > website (yet?). Are you going to release everything as open-source > (android-specific extensions, tools and build/packaging)? Yes, we are planning to make stuff available. Felix already has the changes in trunk (as you know) and ace is now in the incubator. The rest of the infrastructure we still need to figure out but google code might be a good location. >> We are now inviting developers and other interested >> parties to become part of the EZdroid community. > > I'm definitely interested to contribute. Maybe we should think about using your felix4android as the opensource location. Would you be willing to add ezdroid partners as members there? regards, Karl > -- > Filippo Diotalevi > -- Karl Pauls [email protected]
