Yes, totally agree, I get confused too. Even though this backport doesn't have new features added to Android 8.1, why Google downgrade SPL to 2017-12-05, they could keep SPL at 2019-06-05. It's weird that the SPL of android-8.1.0_r70 is older than android-8.1.0_r65.
On Friday, November 15, 2019 at 11:01:11 PM UTC+8 cwh...@android-x86.org wrote: > > > James Muir於 2019年11月14日星期四 UTC+8下午4時56分59秒寫道： > >> maybe I am missing something. >> >> even if a tag is not device-specific, doesn't it make sense to update >> the SPL? >> >> e.g. if android-8.1.0_r70 has all the security patches applied from the >> November 2019 (and earlier) security bulletin, why not update the >> variable PLATFORM_SECURITY_PATCH? >> >> Leaving it set to 2017-12-05 seems unnecessarily confusing. >> > > > Yes. Totally agree. > > If I update to android-8.1.0_r70, the users would think > this is a VERY OLD release which is not updated for > almost two years! > > Even android-8.1.0_r65 has update to 2019-06-05, > why android-8.1.0_r70 became even older? > > Please manage the thing right, Google! > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "Android Building" mailing list. To post to this group, send email to android-building@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-building+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-building?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Building" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to android-building+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/android-building/d19b227f-d747-42a2-bb7f-702f67a8ba5bn%40googlegroups.com.
