Google is adjusting how Android is made, with the AOSP branch moving behind closed doors, leaving the entire OS to be privately developed.

Google is adjusting how Android is made, with the AOSP branch moving behind closed doors, leaving the entire OS to be privately developed.

  • serenissi@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 days ago

    Contributing to AOSP is already difficult. Now patches wrt stable branch will lead to more conflicts as stable gets older.

    Why are parts of Android developed in private? It typically takes more than a year to bring a device to market. And, of course, device manufacturers want to ship the latest software they can. Meanwhile, developers don’t want to constantly track new versions of the platform when writing apps. Both groups experience a tension between shipping products and not wanting to fall behind.

    total bs (at https://source.android.com/docs/setup/about/faqs#why-are-parts-of-android-developed-in-private).