ctso is trying to change the way the developer’s of the community approach the development and release of ROMs, and it’s for the better. The OpenEclair thread over on XDA is looking nice and organized, but that’s only the front end we see. Let’s hope that ctso and the rest of developer’s already on board are being as organized in the background.
The current team as it stands today is a great start and includes:
Developer – ctso – Twitter
Developer – wesgarner – Twitter
Developer – benbuchacher – Twitter
Developer – jubehForum Support – zeppelin481 – Twitter
Forum Support – zimphishmonger – Twitter
I really hope more and more developer’s in the community adopt this approach soon. The number of custom ROMs appearing is getting crazy. Everyone is releasing new work and they all have the same flaw’s and a few little tweaks here and there but they are almost the same. The collective minds of these developers could change that, as long as they can work together in peace and have the same direction in mind!
I have already seen some releases from members of the team that say they are OpenEclair or beta releases of new techniques they are trying. To me, this is already confusing the situation. If you’re going to do something under the OpenEclair umbrella then do it as OpenEclair, not as your own ROM with bits of OpenEclair. This is just another release to find, install and manage and confuses people. Start a Beta or Experimental thread in the forums under the OpenEclair name, just keep it consistent.
With this initiative and the creation of a common updater application for Android devices, the community could become a better place once more and make it much much easier for the users to download and install custom ROMs.
What are your thoughts on the community creating an Open Release that all developers can work on and contribute to? Leave us your thoughts in the comments.
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FIRST of all I have to say, I’m all for this combined effort and I also can’t wait to see the fruits of these chefs labor. Most roms kind of transcend into the daily use or practical category once multiple people work on them anyway, so doing so from the beggining should yeild some interesting results. As to the sampling of bit in other roms, I don’t hate it. I mean a beta would be sweet, but they’re fleshing out ideas for something with the potential to leave a huge impact on how the community mods. Personally, if I had to choose between getting a million glitchy open eclair betas or a glitchy super d with open rom bits, id go with the Super D.
FIRST of all I have to say, I’m all for this combined effort and I also can’t wait to see the fruits of these chefs labor. Most roms kind of transcend into the daily use or practical category once multiple people work on them anyway, so doing so from the beggining should yeild some interesting results. As to the sampling of bit in other roms, I don’t hate it. I mean a beta would be sweet, but they’re fleshing out ideas for something with the potential to leave a huge impact on how the community mods. Personally, if I had to choose between getting a million glitchy open eclair betas or a glitchy super d with open rom bits, id go with the Super D.