| # libbrillo: platform utility library |
| |
| libbrillo is a shared library meant to hold common utility code that we deem |
| useful for platform projects. |
| It supplements the functionality provided by libbase/libchrome since that |
| project, by design, only holds functionality that Chromium (the browser) needs. |
| As a result, this tends to be more OS-centric code. |
| |
| ## AOSP Usage |
| |
| This project is also used by [Update Engine] which is maintained in AOSP. |
| However, AOSP doesn't use this codebase directly, it maintains its own |
| [libbrillo fork](https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/libbrillo/). |
| |
| To help keep the projects in sync, we have a gsubtree set up on our GoB: |
| https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/platform2/libbrillo/ |
| |
| This allows AOSP to cherry pick or merge changes directly back into their fork. |
| |
| [Update Engine]: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/update_engine/ |
