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This is actually called the "throw over the fence" open source development model. Most Google projects are like this, including Android which is the main reaso

This is actually called the "throw over the fence" open source development model. Most Google projects are like this, including Android which is the main reason why vendors struggle with os updates.

nine_k 7y ago
AFAICT Android is a pain to upgrade because of custom closed-source drivers and lack of ABI stability in Linux, so you need to recompile a driver for a newer kernel. Android is not a Google's internal product, unlike Bazel.
- Grazester 7y ago
  This. Treble is suppose be their ABI
- panpanna 7y ago
  Last week we had a major security vulnerability in Android just because Google can't user the same Linux kernel that everyone else are using. There exist LTS kernel versions for a reason, you know.