On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 9:52 AM, Artem Russakovskii <archon...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This is more of a clarification so I'm not going to start a new thread: am I
> reading this correctly that AOSP support is stopping for the XOOM and Nexus
> S, or they're not *currently* supported with this release but will be
> supported in the future?

> Thanks, JBQ.

> On Tuesday, November 13, 2012 9:29:31 AM UTC-8, Jean-Baptiste Queru wrote:

>> Good news everyone!

>> -The source code for 4.2 is being pushed to AOSP right now. Look for
>> it under the name "android-4.2_r1" once the replication completes. The
>> matching development branch (for CTS contributions) is jb-mr1-dev, and
>> all the changes are merged into the master branch where platform
>> contributions are accepted.

>> -Nexus 10 is now the best choice for AOSP work on 4.2. Everything
>> except the GPU code is Open Source, and the only proprietary binaries
>> besides the GPU libraries are firmware files that get loaded into the
>> various peripheral chips. No flagship device so far has been so open,
>> and no flagship device so far has had that level of AOSP support at
>> launch.

>> -Nexus 7 3G isn't supported. We haven't been able to license the GSM
>> stack for AOSP yet, and without the GSM stack this device doesn't do
>> more than a plain Nexus 7.

>> -If AOSP starts pointing toward Nexus 4, you are having a bad problem,
>> and you will not go to space today (i.e.: there is nothing in AOSP
>> related to Nexus 4).

>> -Factory images for the "takju" Galaxy Nexus as well as Nexus 7 (both
>> variants), Nexus 4 and Nexus 10 are available at
>> https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images

>> -Proprietary binaries to run AOSP on Galaxy Nexus (maguro, toro and
>> toroplus), Nexus 7 (grouper) and Nexus 10 (manta) are available at
>> https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/drivers

>> -There is no support for 4.2 on Nexus S and Xoom. Those devices should
>> continue using 4.1.2.

>> JBQ

>> PS: don't reply to this thread if you have specific questions. Start
>> new threads instead.

>> PPS: no ETAs for OTAs.

>> --
>> Jean-Baptiste M. "JBQ" Queru
>> Technical Lead, Android Open Source Project, Google.

>> Questions sent directly to me that have no reason for being private
>> will likely get ignored or forwarded to a public forum with no further
>> warning.

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