Just after the release of Android 9 Pie, AOSP (the Android Open Source Project) now has a new lead: Jeff Bailey.
Below is what was mentioned in the Android Building mailing list:
“I also wanted to take a moment to introduce myself as the new Tech Lead / Manager for AOSP. My name is Jeff Bailey, and I’ve been involved in the Open Source community for more than two decades. Since I joined the Android team a few months ago, I’ve been learning how we do things and getting an understanding of how we could work better with the community. I’d love to hear from you: @JeffBaileyAOSP on Twitter or jeffbailey+aosp@google.com. Be well!”
Jeff has a rich history in open source. He co-founded Savannah, where GNU software is developed and distributed, has spent 15 years working on Debian, and has been an Ubuntu core developer. Further, he spent some time on the Google Open Source team and was involved in open-sourcing Android back in 2008.
This does not make a lot of difference to end users in general, but AOSP is important to developers and OEMs, so we will wait and watch how things change (or stay the same) under Jeff’s leadership.
Source: Google Open Source Blog
