[LEDE-DEV] lede integration issues remaining from the detrius of cerowrt

[Daniel Curran-Dickinson]

On Thu, 2016-06-16 at 10:34 -0400, Aaron Z wrote: 
> On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 4:03 AM, David Lang <david at lang.hm> wrote:
> > With Imagebuilder and things pre-compiled, what does it take to create an
> > image? I'm wondering if this is something that can be converted to a web UI
> > where we could have someone select stuff (or upload a config file) and have
> > the system spit out a custom tailored image a few seconds later.
> >
> > Something like this could do wonders to move people away from the 'base
> > image must contain what I need' mentality.
> Personally, I would like that (and wouldn't have a problem with
> waiting a half hour or an hour for a build to be done).
> For example, I don't need PPOE support on any of the hardware I use,
> many of the devices don't have a USB port, so I don't need USB
> support, its internal on an IPV4 network, so I don't need IPV6
> support, it would be nice to have Nano installed by default (hard to
> use vi over ssh from a phone that doesn't have an escape key :D).
> But that's just the perspective of a end user/sysadmin who has been
> using OpenWrt (and now LEDE) for 7-10 years.

TBH I think the biggest reasons this hasn't already is:

1) People who want it don't care enough to work on it, or are the people
who don't know how to work it and and can't/don't fund someone who does.
2) Infrastructure:  You need a server to host on and storage etc, and
this costs money or donations.