How so? If Graphene is based off a release branch, there shouldn’t be change in timing. Sure, maybe a little for inspection, but as far as I know Graphene isn’t based off main anyway.
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sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 month agoIt means my GrapheneOS updates will probably he a little later.
fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 1 month ago
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
They currently get early access in some capacity, and I wonder if this would impact that.
pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
How so?
- Developers routinely read along with upstream updates that are relevant to them.
- Google is removing this access.
- Google is specifically removing access to read along with upstream updates that are relevant to the developers of GrapheneOS.
At minimum, this will slow down GrapheneOS releases and increase bugs in GrapheneOS.
At worst this week cause a new malicious anti-privacy “feature” to ship with GrapheneOS because there’s no time to analyze how to remove it.
It’s almost like Google hates Privacy or something…
CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 1 month ago
And yet Graphene will still probably need more private and secure