linux-kernel - Re: Forked android kernel development from linux kernel mainline

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Date:	Tue, 9 Nov 2010 22:32:25 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	"Ted Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	Elvis Dowson <elvis.dowson@....com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Forked android kernel development from linux kernel mainline

> Ah, but if you make changes to the android userspace that aren't
> accepted upstream by the core android development team, you'll be
> forking the android userspace.  And given that they are continuing to

Oh so forking the kernel is fine but forking userspace is silly. Quaint

> So it's not clear they will be that interested in using a baseline
> from a newer kernel version.  Especially if the changes you propose
> making to your forked version of the Android userspace don't contain
> the latest and greatest user-visible features....

Who cares ?

I don't remember IBM and Dell being terribly interested in Linux when it
started but that wasn't a reason not to do it

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