[Kernel-meetup] Proposing AOSP BoF at Devconf.in

[Amit Kucheria]

On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 7:01 PM, Amit Pundir <pundiramit at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Team,
>
> I'm thinking of proposing an AOSP (Android Open Source Project) BoF at
> upcoming DevConf (4-5 Aug, Bangalore https://devconf.info/in/) under
> OS/Platform track, if enough people are interested in participating.
>
> Just like any other BoF, there will be no fixed agenda. People,
> however, are encouraged to come with slides/questions/topics of their
> interest around AOSP.
>
> Primary goal of this BoF is to kickstart a meetup of fellow developers
> building AOSP devices, be it smart
> STBs/Kiosks/Wearables/Gateways/Auto/Multimedia infotainment devices or
> custom ROMs or may be just a generic embedded device with a headless
> AOSP or running AOSP in containers (e.g. Anbox) or a proof of concept
> device to test the waters et al. A meetup group wherein AOSP
> developers exchange ideas, learn from each other's past experiences
> and hopefully collaborate on common solutions.
>
> Common pain points for discussion, off the top of my head, are Updates
> (how to Treble-ize? A/B updates anyone?),  Android vendor BSPs (are
> you still stuck on stone age vendor kernels?), development devices

I might be able to talk about plans for Qualcomm AOSP builds depending
of what we get released by then.

> (development devices popular among developers? pros-n-cons?), TEE
> (Trusted Execution Environ) integration, Testing etc.
>
> We can start with few slides (on how to start with upstream AOSP
> development and/or other proposed topics) to warm up the room and take
> the discussion forward from there. Any custom ROM developers in the
> forum? Would love to hear from you.

It would also be useful to add the bits that you and John do about the
delta of the AOSP kernel from mainline and plans for it.

> I'll propose a session if I get good response from developers. Let me
> know if you would want to be a part of this AOSP BoF. Also please
> forward it to the other people/groups, who might be interested in
> this.