Google replaced pushing Git tags for certain source code with obtaining source code via Google Drive after making a request through Google Forms.
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If they insist on using Google Drive, they could at least automate giving access. It shouldn't depend on a person going through a huge backlog as a low priority. Requests not being handled for weeks is unacceptable. They could simply push the Git tags and stop dealing with it.
They're obligated to fulfill our requests. We need each of the Beta tags because we port and test in advance. If they don't want to deal with our endless requests for each release, they can simply push the tags to Git. They chose to waste the time of several employees on this.
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Google could simply push signed tags to Git instead of having a person assigned to go through form submissions and give access to specific files. They could also give access to folders instead of files to avoid needing to give us access to more files multiple times a month.
@GrapheneOS But they WANT to make things inconvenient step-by-step... Until it's technically allowed but practically hits a roadblock planned off-public.
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They're obligated to fulfill our requests. We need each of the Beta tags because we port and test in advance. If they don't want to deal with our endless requests for each release, they can simply push the tags to Git. They chose to waste the time of several employees on this.
@GrapheneOS Or is it Gemini? (
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Google could simply push signed tags to Git instead of having a person assigned to go through form submissions and give access to specific files. They could also give access to folders instead of files to avoid needing to give us access to more files multiple times a month.
@GrapheneOS how are you guys planning for the day when Google completely stops providing anything?
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They're obligated to fulfill our requests. We need each of the Beta tags because we port and test in advance. If they don't want to deal with our endless requests for each release, they can simply push the tags to Git. They chose to waste the time of several employees on this.
@GrapheneOS On a separate note... Someone please tell me what are the exact things stopping a more open OS like linux from being mainstream (modem drivers, camera drivers, what else?)
Or... an AOSP derivative or clone COMPLETELY independent. IK has something to do with the modem and SIM-card and camera drivers, what are those and what else?
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@lattera @GrapheneOS iirc it must be in a timely manner. Weeks is not reasonable
@eatham @GrapheneOS The GPLv2 does not place any stipulation on schedules and deadlines.
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Google replaced pushing Git tags for certain source code with obtaining source code via Google Drive after making a request through Google Forms. It's completely ridiculous and they've gradually become very slow at handling requests. They're in clear violation of the GPLv2 now.
@GrapheneOS wtf
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@eatham @GrapheneOS The GPLv2 does not place any stipulation on schedules and deadlines.
@lattera @GrapheneOS oh, I misremembered then
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They're obligated to fulfill our requests. We need each of the Beta tags because we port and test in advance. If they don't want to deal with our endless requests for each release, they can simply push the tags to Git. They chose to waste the time of several employees on this.
For Motorola devices, we plan to prepare our releases early and have everything ready for major Android updates at launch. We should be able to simply push the code to our own repositories for major Android releases. We'll need to host all the AOSP Git repositories ourselves.
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For Motorola devices, we plan to prepare our releases early and have everything ready for major Android updates at launch. We should be able to simply push the code to our own repositories for major Android releases. We'll need to host all the AOSP Git repositories ourselves.
@GrapheneOS I smell a forgejo instance. A trustworthy one~
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@GrapheneOS I smell a forgejo instance. A trustworthy one~
@Phalzu We're probably just going to host them as Git repositories without a whole social coding platform. If we want to take pull requests ourselves without GitHub then we could host Gerrit ourselves.
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Google replaced pushing Git tags for certain source code with obtaining source code via Google Drive after making a request through Google Forms. It's completely ridiculous and they've gradually become very slow at handling requests. They're in clear violation of the GPLv2 now.
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Google replaced pushing Git tags for certain source code with obtaining source code via Google Drive after making a request through Google Forms. It's completely ridiculous and they've gradually become very slow at handling requests. They're in clear violation of the GPLv2 now.
Reminds me of some "open source" apps in China that use Tencent QQ and Baidu Netdisk for distribution.
That does not necessarily make them non-free, but somehow defeats the purpose of being open source, since users have to install other proprietary apps on their device and register accounts associated with real ID to get them.
No ethical FLOSS developer should ever do that. And apparently we can't expect that from Google.
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@GrapheneOS
I took a look at Motorola's current offerings, and there are dealbreakers with everything they offer. I'm not interested in anything with a folding screen, but I need over 250gb storage.I'm hoping the planned device has different specs.
Well let's also hope you can unlock the bootloader without jumping thru hoops with Motorola customer support and forced wait times and shit before you can unlock you're device like Motorola is known for
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Reminds me of some "open source" apps in China that use Tencent QQ and Baidu Netdisk for distribution.
That does not necessarily make them non-free, but somehow defeats the purpose of being open source, since users have to install other proprietary apps on their device and register accounts associated with real ID to get them.
No ethical FLOSS developer should ever do that. And apparently we can't expect that from Google.
@cismonx It's incredibly backwards and very hard to understand why they want to drive away people from using their devices.
Nexus and Pixel devices had a lot of Android enthusiasts using them who are increasingly being driven away by these decisions.
They're driving a lot of people away to using iPhones rather than simply using other Android devices.
The management making these decisions largely use iPhones, not the products they're gradually stripping of their actual advantages.
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@xyhhx @GrapheneOS @Phalzu gerrit's really good i actually stan
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@Phalzu We're probably just going to host them as Git repositories without a whole social coding platform. If we want to take pull requests ourselves without GitHub then we could host Gerrit ourselves.
@GrapheneOS Fair.
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@cismonx It's incredibly backwards and very hard to understand why they want to drive away people from using their devices.
Nexus and Pixel devices had a lot of Android enthusiasts using them who are increasingly being driven away by these decisions.
They're driving a lot of people away to using iPhones rather than simply using other Android devices.
The management making these decisions largely use iPhones, not the products they're gradually stripping of their actual advantages.
Google managers using iphones at work is like Mercedes managers driving a BMW at a product show... Google actually invented the androidphone to compete with apple iPhone. They considered the iphone as a threat to their own business model. One would think google forbids at least the managers to use iphones at office.
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For Motorola devices, we plan to prepare our releases early and have everything ready for major Android updates at launch. We should be able to simply push the code to our own repositories for major Android releases. We'll need to host all the AOSP Git repositories ourselves.
@GrapheneOS Will there be Motorola Smartphones with GrapheneOS preinstalled available? Thanks in advance.
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@GrapheneOS do you think they're deliberately slandering with misinfo or are they actually this clueless? It's hard to tell, my guess is the former.
