On 06/08/2010 01:48 AM, Xavier Ducrohet wrote: > On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Olivier Guilyardi <l...@samalyse.com> wrote: >> I think that your problem is that the whole of Android is too monolithic. You >> are mentioning branches where you could think in terms of standalone modules. > > monolithic? Have you looked at git.source.android.com ? There are over > 150 projects which are exactly modules.
Yes, I looked there many times, and often got lost browsing the projects list at the git root ;) > When Dianne refer to branches she talks about release branches. Work > for froyo, gingerbread and what comes after must be in different > branches. Okay, official releases imply branches of course. > Although, some other projects can have their own branch strategy: > branching for sdk.git is now split from the rest of the platform, and > we follow our own release schedule, this is likely to happen for other > projects that move to the open. > >> For example, let's take Dalvik, it's a great VM. So why isn't that included >> in >> Debian/Ubuntu for example, why can't I: aptitude install dalvik? > > Dalvik is its own module already. As to why it's not in Debian/Ubuntu, > you can talk to these guys. It's up to them to include it, not us. For what it's worth, one my apps got included in several Linux distribs a couple of month right after the first release, without me asking for anything. It was a much simpler project of course, but it looked like a flexible standalone app. And even if getting open, Dalvik doesn't yet /look/ like that, although it could. >> Whereas WebKit *is*. There even are python bindings. Do you get my point? >> >> With modularity, you could maybe safely turn non-sensitive modules into >> standalone projects, which could be used outside of Android. And that could >> result in wider interest. > > We *have* modularity, we *are* moving non-sensitive projects to the > open (as Dan said Dalvik is working toward moving to the open). Then maybe that it's just a matter presenting things as standalone projects, not just git projects. A matter of communication. Right now, it all looks, or better said, feels, like a whole big project. > It's not like we don't want to do all this stuff. It's just that it's > a huge projects (or a huge number of projects if you prefer), and > there's some inertia in the way we've been doing things and it's going > to take us a while to improve, but it *is* happening. Okay, I'll look forward into it. Anyway, that was just my $0.99 ideas ;) Thanks and keep up the good work! -- Olivier -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
