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Hi Ashutosh, |
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Welcome to the list! |
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Ashutosh Sathe <2ashutoshbs@×××××.com> writes: |
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> My name is Ashutosh and I'm a currently a second year computer |
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> engineering student. |
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> Quick background : i started flashing custom roms on my device since I |
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> was in high school, and I always wanted to build one for myself. So I |
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> started learning kernel and rom building from 2016 snd since then it's |
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> been great so far. |
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> With the said background and title, it's clear that I'm interested in |
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> portage powered Android. I also read that "Gentoo for Android" is a |
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> project focussed on bringing Gentoo prefix to Android. Apart from GSoC |
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> I'd also love to contribute to this project as well. |
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Thank you very much for your interest! |
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> I'm interested in knowing more about this idea from you guys. My |
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> current view is that we have to integrate Gentoo prefix on the top of |
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> lineageOS(which I've built a couple of times). I've played very little |
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> with Ebuilds right now, but I'll make sure to play enough before |
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> applying. |
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Your experience with Android is impressive. It will be great if you |
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could try out and get familiar with Gentoo. Because that is the common |
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ground for doing GSoC with Gentoo. |
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> I read the GSoC 2018 idea "Portage powered Android". I was a bit |
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> confused about what the project actually is. I'm writing this mail to |
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> make myself clear on this topic. |
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> Coming straight towards the point : So far, reading from various |
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> documentation on internet and Gentoo wiki, I found that there is a |
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> Gentoo prefix available for Android which is to be installed with root |
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> + busybox. Using this as a starting point, the goal of this project is |
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> to make a custom Android ROM that will have this portage + package |
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> management built in. |
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No, having "a custom Android ROM that will have this portage built in" |
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is not the goal. The goal of the project is to use portage/ebuild to |
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manage ASOP build systems (or whatever LineageOS uses) to build Android |
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on the phone itself, *natively* without cross-compiling. Consequently, |
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no ROMs are needed to be flashed. The ultimate goal is to get rid of |
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ROMs and let smartphones stand on themselves like other personal |
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computers. |
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Yours, |
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