Google has confirmed it will move development of the Android OS to behind closed doors. Here's why it's doing it.
    • kooltechlord@lemm.eeEnglish
      24·
      11 个月前

      From GrapheneOS:

      We already had to wait until the stable tags to get the vast majority of the source code, so not much will change overall. It’s a major step in the wrong direction but without a large direct impact on us. It only reinforces that we need to obtain partner access via an OEM we can work with to help improve their platform security while also being able to port our changes earlier.

      • limerod@reddthat.comMEnglish
        61·
        11 个月前

        I was thinking more about the additional development time and how far behind open source devs would be vs OEMs. Having all development be closed leaves a sour taste either way.

      • MarkaosEnglish
        21·
        11 个月前

        How so? I doubt many ROMs are based on code that isn’t part of an Android release. Surely GrapheneOS devs can just use the Android 16 branch once it’s released to make an Android 16 version of GrapheneOS.

          • MarkaosEnglish
            11·
            11 个月前

            Nobody’s saying that Google won’t give them the code, though. Nothing is moving to closed source, Google just isn’t going to be showing the current work-in-progress code for the next release to the public.

    • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
      6·
      11 个月前

      I don’t think it’ll change. Google will still be releasing source snapshots for each release.

      • deafboy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        11 个月前

        Well, this is exactly the kind of question one asks if one wants to get lectured about multiple ways they’re wrong by the graphene developers.

        In other words, no. It isn’t :)