[Android Software Development] guitardedhero:
Yes, you are absolutely correct and you have been diligent in not letting this issue get buried or untended, even when it seems to have gone unheard.

The source of Android O's issues today is, in fact, the Android O content that did not cause these issues with the very first Developer Preview of Android O, and likely began with the second preview.

The solution, of course, is to completely remove this content from the sound system archive. More testing is necessary for this content anyway, but Android O users obviously won't notice a single change, except for a successful boot lol.

I unofficially dropped development for Opus after May 24, the team is obviously more than capable and we all share the same vision and passion, which is remarkable when considering the number of individuals across the globe.

I've been preparing for the next series of sound systems this entire time and am discriminating unmercifully to provide the best experience yet. I know it seems days go by without progress, but our testing standards are quite demanding. Everything is monitored and assessed as outlined in our Auditing section of the OP. And it is certainly not a simple game of "remove the error from the log".

Our last "book" was overwhelming, unwieldy, high-maintenance, and pompous.

It's easy to forget, but my identity here at XDA began with fulfilling requests for "this sound mod, plus this sound mod, please sir." Years ago, the trend was to use two or more mods soon after I started fulfilling the requests. This was because nearly every sound mod at that time had too aggressive of an installation to allow a merging of an existing sound mod installation.

The evolution of the installation script in this ARISE project has, without a doubt, been the driving force behind this project's momentum. For the last book, we were almost just looking for stuff to do lol. Each release before, had its own character, nuances, quirks, etc.; however, this was never by planned design. Certainly, replicating or continuing a sound system through multiple books was decided to never occur, but the growth of each sound system was just that. Growth man. Not unlike growing with your family or your brothers; traits and other unique identifiers emerging to create a signature or fingerprint, if you will.

During the final days of that extended "growth spurt" and immediately after, we had reached a state where continuing that sort of (b)romantic "let it build itself" philosophy no longer made any sense. Think of our last book as a sort of final project to end the course. Reminiscent to the merging of sound mods of the past, the purpose of Deuteronomy/SwanSong/MagnumOpus is/was to provide full ability to merge/unmerge all the components deemed worthy in the sound system archive.

But along with the philosophy regarding blending of our different books, preservation is equally valued. I have a policy, going back to ViPER|Atmos, to not implement any sort of platform "updates" on the different systems. The available systems exist as they are and are accurate records of the state of the project at that time. Providing updates to everything at every available moment, destroys its character and charm because, in effect, this is not different than what a merging includes.

We all here know that pleasing everyone is impossible, but this was the best opportunity to do so. There is always a demographic looking for less or experimenting by subtraction, though certainly overshadowed by those wanting more or experimenting by addition. If the initial and awkwardly placed hurdles of user preparation and interactivity are behind you, what is left is a collection of more audio content than has ever been provided and in a way that allows you to control every single component, whether installing or uninstalling it. Multiple changes to a state is no different than beginning with that one state, so starting over is reserved for times when starting over is precisely what you want to do.

At any rate, it is likely too much to ever be a perfect balance of weight and user interactivity.

For real, will this guy ever shut the hell up?!

I took up your entire evening to simply say that even a caveman, will have no trouble installing the next sound system, just flash the damn zip and queue the jams.

And the team will provide you an appropriate update as soon as possible. :good: