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Google releases full Android 4.0.1 source code, includes Honeycomb too

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Re: Google releases full Android 4.0.1 source code, includes Honeycomb too

#11

In the past, I've spent a fair bit of time criticizing Google for calling Android "open source", but not releasing the source. Now that it appears that they are actually doing it, let me be the first to say that this is great. Well done, Google.

You know that Honeycomb was the only distribution for which Google did not release the source, right?

Re: Google releases full Android 4.0.1 source code, includes Honeycomb too

#13

In the past, I've spent a fair bit of time criticizing Google for calling Android "open source", but not releasing the source. Now that it appears that they are actually doing it, let me be the first to say that this is great. Well done, Google.

What people criticized about them was the delay of an open source release to sustain their business strategy (commoditize their products' complements via open source but keep a integrated experience by proprietary early-access agreements - see also http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/StrategyLetterV.html ).

This release doesn't change Google's strategy nor the fact that they will continue to release Android's source code in the future with a significant delay compared to early-access partners. There's no reason to congratulate them now nor complain louder some months from now, they'll continue to do what makes sense for them from a business standpoint. The only news are the yet-to-be-discovered jewels in the just-released source code.

Re: Google releases full Android 4.0.1 source code, includes Honeycomb too

#14

In the past, I've spent a fair bit of time criticizing Google for calling Android "open source", but not releasing the source. Now that it appears that they are actually doing it, let me be the first to say that this is great. Well done, Google.

I never had any doubt that they would.

Re: Google releases full Android 4.0.1 source code, includes Honeycomb too

#15

Why is Chris DiBona's comment in this thread dead? What he said is "from the horse's mouth", i.e. Google Open Source. Comment: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3235947 Profile: http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=cdibona Personal site (includes mention of his job): http://www.dibona.com/ P.S. Chris, you have http://dibona.com in your HN profile, but it just redirects.

>Why is Chris DiBona's comment in this thread dead?

He posted the same text in 2 comments (in two different threads). Probably the second of the 2 was a victim of an automatic dup detector/killer.

Re: Google releases full Android 4.0.1 source code, includes Honeycomb too

#16

Why is Chris DiBona's comment in this thread dead? What he said is "from the horse's mouth", i.e. Google Open Source. Comment: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3235947 Profile: http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=cdibona Personal site (includes mention of his job): http://www.dibona.com/ P.S. Chris, you have http://dibona.com in your HN profile, but it just redirects.

>Why is Chris DiBona's comment in this thread dead? He posted the same text in 2 comments (in two different threads). Probably the second of the 2 was a victim of an automatic dup detector/killer.

Interesting. I wasn't aware that HN checks comments across threads. Makes sense.

Re: Google releases full Android 4.0.1 source code, includes Honeycomb too

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[dead] comment by cdibona: "Please don't sync yet, it's currently in a mixed state. The 'repo for-all git push' is still running and will take some time to complete, so if you sync now you'll get some parts with Gingerbread and some parts with ICS." (If you accidentally post something twice, be careful about deleting one. The other one may be automatically killed, but you don't see it when your posts are killed.)

It looks like it happened because he posted the same thing twice in different threads, not because he deleted it.

That's correct. It wasn't clear which one was going to end up on the front page and I was covering the bases.

Stand by :-)

Re: Google releases full Android 4.0.1 source code, includes Honeycomb too

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Why is Chris DiBona's comment in this thread dead? He posted the same text in 2 comments (in two different threads). Probably the second of the 2 was a victim of an automatic dup detector/killer.

Interesting. I wasn't aware that HN checks comments across threads. Makes sense.

I guess I'll start salting my dupe comments :-)

Re: Google releases full Android 4.0.1 source code, includes Honeycomb too

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[dead] comment by cdibona: "Please don't sync yet, it's currently in a mixed state. The 'repo for-all git push' is still running and will take some time to complete, so if you sync now you'll get some parts with Gingerbread and some parts with ICS." (If you accidentally post something twice, be careful about deleting one. The other one may be automatically killed, but you don't see it when your posts are killed.)

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/android-building/y0Z...

now ready to sync

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