Cyanogen Platform SDK: The Proof Is in the Pudding

http://www.cyanogenmod.org/blog/cyanogen-platform-sdk-the-proof-is-in-the-pudding?hn

by _jomo • 11 years ago

42 21 11 years ago

josteink• 11 years ago

This looks like a clean solution to the age old problem: how to support cm-features in a clean way, without working directly against the implementation.

Glad to see stuff like this coming.

mahouse• 11 years ago

I liked CyanogenMod more when they were focused on supporting almost all devices and not on adding their own (usually buggy) code on top of AOSP...

aroch• 11 years ago

CM have never focused on supporting almost all devices, its always been up to individual device maintainers to provide support for non-Nexus and CM core-dev-owned devices.

wfunction4• 11 years ago

At its core, CyanogenMod is a best in class example of Open Source development.

Really? Why is it that they can't even bring themselves to fix trivial bugs like [1] let alone bigger deal-breaker bugs like [2]? I find the OnePlus One borderline unusable with all the Cyanogenmod bugs it has...

[1] https://jira.cyanogenmod.org/browse/BACON-2855

[2] https://jira.cyanogenmod.org/browse/BACON-736

voltagex_• 11 years ago

Might be worth adding another note to one of those bugs in a few days when it's a year old.

wfunction4• 11 years ago

I'm not even sure they would fix it at this point. They'd probably tell me to upgrade to CM12, which I would definitely not want to do considering how much more buggy it seems to be.

justignore• 11 years ago

That bug in particular is an enormous pain. I thankfully don't have to reboot - I can either physically shake it a few times (this feature is disabled and should do nothing) or press the power button a few dozen times to get the screen to turn on.

devsquid4• 11 years ago

Yea I totally agree. One Plus Cyanogenmod was sooo buggy. Oxygen OS was worlds better, but still pretty buggy.

Zigurd2• 11 years ago

No proof in pudding. Proof is in the eating.

teach• 11 years ago

The original saying was "the proof of the pudding is in the eating." But like most adages it has been shortened over time to the now less-correct formulation.

bitmapbrother• 11 years ago

At its core, CyanogenMod is a best in class example of Open Source development.

Oh really?

"Rumors of plans to commercialize CyanogenMod as well as the subsequent announcement of Cyanogen Inc. has led to a certain level of discord within the CyanogenMod community. Several CyanogenMod developers have raised concerns that developers who had provided their work in the past were not being appropriately acknowledged or compensated for their gratis work on what was now a commercial project, further that the original ethos of the community project was being undermined and that these concerns were not being adequately addressed by Cyanogen Inc. Examples include "The "Focal" camera app developer Guillaume Lesniak ("'xplodwild') whose app was withdrawn from CyanogenMod allegedly following demands by the new company to adopt closed-source modifications and licensing."

devsquid4• 11 years ago

hahah I thought of this exact thing, when I skimmed it. Cyanogen has turned into such a pompous circle jerk...

Zigurd2• 11 years ago

If you are a top tier handset integration provider for Android, there are soooo many things you can commercialize without fucking up the community-facing open source model. Hardware support. Advanced RCS and all-IP network support. FMI. Etc. It feels as if Cyanogen is taking a app developer's approach to value add when they should acquire some telecom knowledge because that's where their customers' pain points are likely to be.

cbd1984• 11 years ago

Does it still phone home and give information to Google?

pwnna• 11 years ago

Not if you don't install Google Apps. You can even use an alternate wifi location service.

devsquid4• 11 years ago

Even with the gapps installed, you could turn those features off if you want.

Cyanogen Platform SDK: The Proof Is in the Pudding

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