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

[David Lang]

On Sun, 19 Jun 2016, Daniel Curran-Dickinson wrote:

> 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.

or don't know how to contribute funds to make something like this work.

the LEDE home page under the "how can I help" talks about development and the 
mailing list. I says nothing about how to contribute money or equipment.

David Lang