Re: [PATCHv2] add Android support

[Tor Arntsen <tor@spacetec.no>]

On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 08:18, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> Rafael Gieschke <rafael@gieschke.de> writes:
>
>> Currently, it is not possible to compile git for Android as the C library (Bionic)
>> is neither providing getpass nor pw_gecos in struct passwd. Therefore,
>
> Whoa, whoa, wait. That's doing too many things in one patch.
>
> I am still debating myself if this rather huge patch is justifiable, or an
> elaborate joke/hoax. Does anybody seriously want to run git on his phone,
> tablet or set-top box?

[Just replying to that last general question].

Yes, absolutely. My Nokia N900 is just another Linux box, plugged into
a network it's indistinguishable from the other boxes (laptop, desktop
etc.) on that same network. On the other hand this particular phone
needs no effort to get Git running as it's basically a standard Debian
box with glibc. (And I do build some of the same apps on the phone as
on the desktop or laptop.) For Android it seems to need more work, but
I can easily imagine how Android developers would like to have Git on
their devices.  Sometimes when I'm on mission I don't have room for
the laptop, I only use my phone as the only computer. I'm sure others
do too.

-Tor