On 11/05/11 13:01, Yedidyah Bar-David wrote:
On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 12:56:28PM +0300, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote:
Question to the (non-existent) LINUX-IL cabal: this is a list for
technical questions on Linux. Some Android issues have been discussed
here. Are technical Android discussions officially on topic or off
topic? Can we decide once and for all?
Isn't Android Linux?
In a nutshell - no. It is a completely different set of APIs, with some
Linux kernel deep underneath.
Why is there a question?
Because while the list does tolerate the occasional "I'm trying to do
this impossible thing in Linux", and there is even an open source
project[1] by, among others, yours truly, that was triggered by
precisely such a question[2], I'm not sure we would like to hear a bunch
of "How do I save my Layout when my Activity is destroyed due to
landscape to portrait orientation".
Did anyone ever try to
imply that Android is off-topic?
I think Oleg might be erring on the side of caution here, but I think
it's a good side to err to.
BTW, once upon a time it was defined as "Linux AND Israel".
Good point. I hereby revise my previous answer to include BiDi related
Android issue as on topic as well :-)
Shachar
1 - http://sourceforge.net/projects/privbind/
2 - http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg48799.html
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Shachar Shemesh
Lingnu Open Source Consulting Ltd.
http://www.lingnu.com
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