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

[Daniel Curran-Dickinson]

On Sun, 2016-06-19 at 12:35 -0700, David Lang wrote: 
> 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.

That's what I meant by can't (and I agree that having some means of
hooking up community funders with community developers would be helpfu;
kind of like prpl but for community).

> 
> 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
>