Are Android questions on topic here?

[Omer Zak]

As one of the most vociferous deniers of the existence of the IGLU Cabal
(and whether it is the same as the LINUX-IL Cabal or different from it),
let me chime in with my opinion.

First, let's make sure there is not already an Android-IL mailing list.
If yes, make its existence known and hammered into the minds of the
Android-infected Linux-IL participants.

If not:
  Let's make Android questions on-topic on the Linux-IL
  mailing list as long as they don't deal (much or deeply)
  with Java.

  Then, Once the list gets swamped with Android related
  questions to the annoyance of Android-less people (such
  as me, for the time being), we'll revisit this decision
  and have someone create an Android-IL mailing list (if
  such a list doesn't already exist).

--- Omer


On Wed, 2011-05-11 at 13:41 +0300, Shachar Shemesh wrote:
> On 11/05/11 13:01, Yedidyah Bar-David wrote:
> > On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 12:56:28PM +0300, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote:
> >    
> >> Question to the (non-existent) LINUX-IL cabal: this is a list for
> >> technical questions on Linux. Some Android issues have been discussed
> >> here. Are technical Android discussions officially on topic or off
> >> topic? Can we decide once and for all?
> >>      
> > Isn't Android Linux?
> In a nutshell - no. It is a completely different set of APIs, with some 
> Linux kernel deep underneath.
> >   Why is there a question?
> Because while the list does tolerate the occasional "I'm trying to do 
> this impossible thing in Linux", and there is even an open source 
> project[1] by, among others, yours truly, that was triggered by 
> precisely such a question[2], I'm not sure we would like to hear a bunch 
> of "How do I save my Layout when my Activity is destroyed due to 
> landscape to portrait orientation".
> >   Did anyone ever try to
> > imply that Android is off-topic?
> >    
> I think Oleg might be erring on the side of caution here, but I think 
> it's a good side to err to.
> > BTW, once upon a time it was defined as "Linux AND Israel".
> >    
> Good point. I hereby revise my previous answer to include BiDi related 
> Android issue as on topic as well :-)
> 
> Shachar
> 
> 1 - http://sourceforge.net/projects/privbind/
> 2 - http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il/msg48799.html


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