Will there be more support from the Wi-Fi manufacturers and easier use of their closed source Wi-Fi firmware (because it performs better and is more stable) or at least collaborate more with them ?
On 3 May 2016 at 20:59, Jo-Philipp Wich <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > we'd like to introduce LEDE, a reboot of the OpenWrt community > . > > The project is founded as a spin-off of the OpenWrt project and shares > many of the same goals. > > > We are building an embedded Linux distribution that makes it easy for > developers, system administrators or other Linux enthusiasts to build > and customize software for embedded devices, especially wireless routers. > The name 'LEDE' stands for 'Linux Embedded Development Environment'. > > > > Members of the project already include a significant share of the most > active members of the OpenWrt community. > We intend to bring new life to Embedded Linux development by creating a > community with a strong focus on transparency, collaboration and > decentralisation. > > > > LEDE’s stated goals are: > > > - Building a great embedded Linux distribution with focus on stability > and functionality. > > - Having regular, predictable release cycles coupled with community > provided device testing feedback. > > - Establishing transparent decision processes with broad community > participation and public meetings. > > > > We decided to create this new project because of long standing issues > that we were unable to fix from within the OpenWrt project/community: > > > 1. Number of active core developers at an all time low, no process for > getting more new people involved. > > 2. Unreliable infrastructure, fixes prevented by internal disagreements > and single points of failure. > > 3. Lack of communication, transparency and coordination in the OpenWrt > project, both inside the core team and between the core team and the > rest of the community. > > 4. Not enough people with commit access to handle the incoming flow of > patches, too little attention to testing and regular builds. > > 5. Lack of focus on stability and documentation. > > > > To address these issues we set up the LEDE project in a different way > compared to OpenWrt: > > > 1. All our communication channels are public, some read-only to > non-members to maintain a good signal-to-noise ratio. > > 2. Our decision making process is more open, with an approximate 50/50 > mix of developers and power users with voting rights. > > 3. Our infrastructure is simplified a lot, to ensure that it creates > less maintenance work for us. > > 4. We have made our merge policy more liberal, based on our experience > with the OpenWrt package github feed. > > 5. We have a strong focus on automated testing combined with a > simplified release process > > If you're interested in participating or want to learn more about the > project, check out https://www.lede-project.org/. > > > Sincerely, > > Jo-Philipp Wich, > John Crispin, > Daniel Golle, > > Felix Fietkau, > > Hauke Mehrtens > > John Crispin > > Matthias Schiffer, > > Steven Barth > _______________________________________________ > openwrt-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-users >
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