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(Copying my reply from below) Building and maintainance cost are not linear, especially when you inherit legacy code. The AOSP codebase isn't great, is 4x bigg
by goldenarm 8mo ago
(Copying my reply from below)
Building and maintainance cost are not linear, especially when you inherit legacy code. The AOSP codebase isn't great, is 4x bigger than the Linux Kernel, and full of "Ship now, patch later" mess.
But I agree that it is a significant endeavor. But the OSS community succeeded in similar projects before, and the current state of the Linux desktop makes me hopeful.
- setopt 8mo agoShould not the Netscape -> Mozilla example be a good inspiration in that regard?
- codethief 8mo ago> Building and maintainance cost are not linear, especially when you inherit legacy code. The AOSP codebase isn't great, is 4x bigger than the Linux Kernel, and full of "Ship now, patch later" mess. And yet the GrapheneOS devs seem to be managing just fine. > But I agree that it is a significant endeavor. Yes, in fact it is orders of magnitude more significant an endeavor that just building upon and improving the existing AOSP stack.
- goldenarm 8mo agoMy point was about hard forks, which GrapheneOS is not.