As one of the most vociferous deniers of the existence of the IGLU Cabal (and whether it is the same as the LINUX-IL Cabal or different from it), let me chime in with my opinion.
First, let's make sure there is not already an Android-IL mailing list. If yes, make its existence known and hammered into the minds of the Android-infected Linux-IL participants. If not: Let's make Android questions on-topic on the Linux-IL mailing list as long as they don't deal (much or deeply) with Java. Then, Once the list gets swamped with Android related questions to the annoyance of Android-less people (such as me, for the time being), we'll revisit this decision and have someone create an Android-IL mailing list (if such a list doesn't already exist). --- Omer On Wed, 2011-05-11 at 13:41 +0300, Shachar Shemesh wrote: > 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/linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il/msg48799.html -- There is no IGLU Cabal because My own blog is at http://www.zak.co.il/tddpirate/ My opinions, as expressed in this E-mail message, are mine alone. They do not represent the official policy of any organization with which I may be affiliated in any way. WARNING TO SPAMMERS: at http://www.zak.co.il/spamwarning.html _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
