State of Nexus 5

[vanitasvitae]

Hi

In the changelog of the latest release you wrote that you dropped support for pax for the deprecated Nexus 5. What does that mean? Does the new Release for hammerhead come without pax? Is the Nexus 5 nearing end of life?

[thestinger]

The Nexus 5 won't be getting Android N, so support will probably be dropped at that time. PaX was dropped because problems came up specific to the port to the old kernel version on the Nexus 5 (3.4), and time is no longer being spent resolving problems specific to the Nexus 5.

It would be possible to continue 6.0.1 security updates for the Nexus 5 after Android N comes out, but it's not looking like the project will have the resources to do that. There are still no contributors to the project, and very little money coming in.

[thestinger]

The Nexus 5 won't be getting Android N, so support will probably be dropped at that time. PaX was dropped because problems came up specific to the port to the old kernel version on the Nexus 5 (3.4), and time is no longer being spent resolving problems specific to the Nexus 5.

It would be possible to continue 6.0.1 security updates for the Nexus 5 after Android N comes out, but it's not looking like the project will have the resources to do that. There are still no contributors to the project, and very little money coming in.

[polyzen]

Issue 202974: Request: don't neglect Nexus 5 with more updates

[polyzen]

Issue 202974: Request: don't neglect Nexus 5 with more updates

[thestinger]

It's dropped entirely from CopperheadOS now.

[thestinger]

It's dropped entirely from CopperheadOS now.

[polyzen]

Going Home - Fallen Soldier Bagpipe Tribute

[polyzen]

Going Home - Fallen Soldier Bagpipe Tribute

[vanitasvitae]

So no more monthly security updates?

I wanted to thank you very much for your hard work making Android phones more secure. I really hope that it pays out for you in the end :)
Keep up the good work 👍

[vanitasvitae]

So no more monthly security updates?

I wanted to thank you very much for your hard work making Android phones more secure. I really hope that it pays out for you in the end :)
Keep up the good work 👍

[thestinger]

It's completely over now. No time to work on 32-bit / marshmallow-mr2-release anymore, and no spare build time to make builds for it even without testing / ongoing work.

[thestinger]

It's completely over now. No time to work on 32-bit / marshmallow-mr2-release anymore, and no spare build time to make builds for it even without testing / ongoing work.

[vanitasvitae]

I understand that :)
Will you support the upcoming pixel devices?

[vanitasvitae]

I understand that :)
Will you support the upcoming pixel devices?