Rob Landley <rob@...> wrote: > Where is the android mailing list?
See <http://source.android.com/community/>. The main Android mailing list is called "android-platform". If you want to submit patches to Android, then you must either: * Own an Android device, or * Run Android on your PC. (Android-x86 runs fine in a VM). If you are willing to test Toybox to make sure it works on Android, and to submit a patch to the Android code-review system which will add Toybox to Android, then you should write to "android-contrib" instead. Tip: If you buy an Android device, may I suggest you choose one which is both possible and easy to "root". (But note that "rooting" a device may void your warranty.) > I've been under the impression that > android development was internal to Google? Android is not a fully-open-source product. And Android as distributed on most smartphones and tablets definitely includes lots of closed-source drivers, plus other closed-source software such as Google Maps. (There exists an "Replicant OS" project which I believe tries to write open-source drivers, but this is difficult work.) Also, the latest betas of Android are often mostly-closed-source until they leave the beta phase. This is to prevent device manufacturers from shipping beta OSes. But much of Android _is_ open-source software. And, fortunately, <http://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/core/+/master> >, which holds the basic command-line tools, appears to be 100% open-source software. > If anybody wants to do this, I'm all for it... Splendid! Today, I've filed a feature request in the Android public issue tracker. I estimate that it could take a couple of days until it finally gets assigned to Elliott Hughes, and then a couple more days until he replies. _______________________________________________ Toybox mailing list [email protected] http://lists.landley.net/listinfo.cgi/toybox-landley.net
