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I think you are underestimating the number of versions.
And why would developers want to do this? This adds a huge pain in the ass to all deployments.
> Google could come up with a new app format whereupon there were a signed manifest of files
They could. But this wouldn't be backwards compatible. So you are stuck waiting like eight years for the ecosystem to all adopt the new OS versions.
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I think you are underestimating the number of versions.
And why would developers want to do this? This adds a huge pain in the ass to all deployments.
> Google could come up with a new app format whereupon there were a signed manifest of files
They could. But this wouldn't be backwards compatible. So you are stuck waiting like eight years for the ecosystem to all adopt the new OS versions.