1) Initial compilation may take 55 minutes but subsequent compiles after an alteration to the source takes no time at all.
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 9:12 AM, AlexK <[email protected]> wrote: > > Short arguments for all previous posts: > 1) Any virtual PC (VMWare and etc.) have resources usage overhead. > Which are significant for compiling Android images. On my notebook > compilation takes 55 minutes.. I think with VMWare it will take much > more time... Any changes on kernel level of android force developer to > wait more and more time which is highly not effective. And as a job > maker which pay for each work hour own developers, I think loosing of > one hour each compilation is a significant disadvantage. > > 2) Git.. Yes GIT is very technologically advanced solution and I > mention that. But at the same time is does not have any good and easy > GUI for all OSs. For example to taking Android sources under windows > mostly unresolvable task. Second point do I need distributed > repositories?! No! At the current moment mostly everyone have access > to the internet... and not so many people wants to check history of > file changes... > > 3) Compilation under windows is possible. Task is not so hard as > someone thinking... SDK compilation under windows is already DONE. so > compilation of other parts also not so hard task especially with > Google resources. > > On May 5, 9:02 am, "Al Sutton" <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm not sure what you mean by "Git is basically useless on the most > popular > > desktop OS", but the Windows cupcake SDKs I built involved a git/repo > > checkout and a compile on a Windows machine which worked. > > > > Al. > > --- > > > > * Written an Android App? - List it athttp://andappstore.com/* > > > > ====== > > Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the > > company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, > > 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. > > > > The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not > > necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's > > subsidiaries. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jesse McGrew > > Sent: 05 May 2009 01:30 > > To: Android Discuss > > Subject: [android-discuss] Re: Petitions to Google Android Team > > > > On Apr 30, 5:58 am, AlexK <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ========= PETITION #1 ========= > > > Change Android hosting from GIT to > > > Subversion:http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/android-svn/ > > > > > Reasons are: > > > - Subversion is also Free and Open Source; > > > - Subversion has much better and usable GUI for all OSs; > > > - Subversion supports all features required for proper version > > > controlling and collaboration of large teams; > > > - Subversion has integration with all IDEs that can be used for > > > development of Android applications/modules; > > > - Subversion has many web UIs for code reviewing, tracking changes, > > > bug tracking, etc. And they are more advanced comparing to GitWeb > > > solution; > > > > Well, *I* signed this one, because Git is basically useless on the most > > popular desktop OS, and in any case it's far more complicated than anyone > > really needs (except maybe the decentralized, international Linux kernel > > team for which it was designed). > > > > But I don't know how sensible it is to switch to a more Windows- friendly > > VCS without providing proper build support for Windows, and I can believe > > the latter is impractical. If you're gonna have to install Linux to build > > Android anyway, the case for moving to SVN gets weaker, because Git > doesn't > > have the same problems on Linux. > > > > Jesse > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
