I just stumbled upon an issue I had encountered a year ago as well, and would like to share some thoughts on this here. All help appreciated, don't get me wrong, and I'm sure it will be resolved but I recalled some things missing the first time when I had the issue, which still seem to be missing now. It is things missing like: are there release notes, is there a bug tracker, differentiation between stable and unstable releases, a wiki that's kept up-to-date, and what happens if someone crucial is leaving the team? Now that got me thinking: could it be that this is the underlying reason for issues like these in general? The reason for me to bring it up is that I'm actually wondering if spending my time and effort on the Beaglebone is the best investment, or that there's alternative solutions. The Beaglebone is known to be an SBC with a steep learning curve, but I did not expect to be spending time on the issues just mentioned. As an experiment, I have an outstanding order which I wonder if that suits me better in the long run if issues occur. So in that sense, this is feedback on something that looks to me as the weak spot of the Beaglebone. I truly think the board is a very good platform from hardware point of view, but it would be a pity if due to the issues mentioned it will not survive competition. My guess, and maybe the hard part, is that suggested improvements are not easily decided upon and implemented by the community - although here's my contribution by starting a discussion and sharing thoughts about it. It's more like defining a strategy and improving of the foundation by the core team, after which the community can benefit from it either as users or participants. Having a less well defined quality standpoint, is in a sense the other way round: despite the good intentions, have the community be confronted with issues, then try to solve them. Some frustration being vented here as well as you might have noted, but I guess that’s all in the game.
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