I've followed every single Apps on SD card thread that's ever been on
android-platform AND android-discuss. People act like "this issue has
been hashed out over and over again previously" as a way of dismissing
any communication on this. The truth is the tip of the iceberg has
barely been reached each time.

Now that it is clear that Android 2.0 does not support any kind of
apps on SD and that Google still neglected to hit the send button on
the email saying "512MB isn't really enough guys". We need to revisit
this. We need a complete  list of requirements from OHA that are non
negotiable (as in, a guarantee that a solution meeting those
requirements can be merged into AOSP master). We need the Android
developers responsible for:

vold
Package Installation Manager
All the SD card related settings, setup, etc
Application security model
Possibly someone low level on Dalvik to answer questions on memory
management and process killing in the event of SD card failure
Launcher (we want to gray out unavailable programs)
and we probably need an Android Product Manager (if you have such a
role)

We need these people to join this discussion and make sure at the very
least they put in what OHA requirements are non-negotiable, what
problems they foresee, and optionally ideas on how to go start a final
design.

Let's be serious. Just tell us this will or won't happen so we don't
waste OUR valuable time. Otherwise whatever ends up sounding good here
after a lot of careful design will just be discarded in one sentence
by the above individuals at a later date. I would just like an end to
the hypocrisy. Just say "this isn't going to happen. sorry guys, maybe
next year" if that's what you mean. Otherwise, the people involved
should start collaborating, perhaps a wiki design doc and start making
serious progress on this.

-E

On Oct 22, 12:31 pm, Jean-Baptiste Queru <j...@android.com> wrote: