On 23/01/13 12:43, Henri Sivonen wrote: > Having to install a new native code image to get localized strings > seems like an overkill.
I agree it's not ideal. > However, I'm curious about other cases: > * Will users be able to retain the vendor-supplied Gonk layer (in > order to retain proprietary drivers while exercising software freedom > higher up in the stack) and install a self-built Gecko layer on top of > it? Define "be able to" ;-) My observation in the case of Android leads me to believe that phone vendors are not interested in pursuing people and projects who do this sort of hackery on phones they have bought. > * Will users who have a self-built Gonk layer be able to subscribe to > a Mozilla-provided Gecko layer update channel (i.e. run > Mozilla-provided higher layers on top of an unofficial device > adaptation)? If the update servers are accessible to the web, then Mozilla would have to take specific steps to prevent this, wouldn't they? I can't see us doing that... Gerv _______________________________________________ governance mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
