explain manifests a bit more

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Daniel Micay 2020-06-23 13:33:00 -04:00
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<p>The Android Open Source Project has branches and/or tags for the releases of many <p>The Android Open Source Project has branches and/or tags for the releases of many
different components. There are tags and/or branches for the OS, device kernels, different components. There are tags and/or branches for the OS, device kernels,
mainline components (APEX), the NDK, Android Studio, the platform-tools distribution mainline components (APEX), the NDK, Android Studio, the platform-tools distribution
packages, the CTS, androidx components, etc.</p> packages, the CTS, androidx components, etc. You should obtain the sources via
manifests using the repo tool, either using the manifest for a tag / branch in
platform/manifest.git or a manifest provided elsewhere. Different projects use
different subsets of the repositories. Many of the repositories only exist as an
archive for older releases and aren't referenced in current manifests.</p>
<p>Some components don't have the infrastructure set up to generate and push their own <p>Some components don't have the infrastructure set up to generate and push their own
branches and tags to AOSP. In other cases, it's simply not obvious to an outsider branches and tags to AOSP. In other cases, it's simply not obvious to an outsider