"here's the source code so do it yourself"
I believe that mischaracterizes the nature of my reply. Mine was intended in
a helpful way, to encourage others to participate -- no more and no less.
Characterizing my reply in this way makes it seem more as if I was throwing
it over the wall and saying "do it yourself" and leaving at that, which is
not the case. Hopefully it is possible to appreciate that there is a slight
but important difference between these.
"and your transmission goes out and someone tells you that anything is
possible if you learn how to fix it and do it yourself."
Someone probably could fix it on their own if they knew how. If not, perhaps
a friend that knows about transmissions might be willing to help as an
altruistic act. At the same time, if that friend were to say that they were
busy and couldn't (or would get to it when they could), I'm not sure it makes
sense to criticize them for not immediately jumping to provide immediate
gratis help. That said, commercial mechanics would also be available.
"it is very simple to just take the code, modify it, and compile the kernel
based on scripts that are available."
I didn't say it was that simple but only provided a high level overview of
the work involved. Each of those steps involves further work and substeps.
"If it is so quick and easy and anyone can do it, then why is it a struggle
for him?"
I believe I answered that in the original message - It is not a technical
struggle but I am very busy right now with my own personal commitments in my
private life. I will work to get to it when I am able to do so, but can't
promise to do it any earlier than I can.
"if one of us did put in the time and effort to create this kernel, who is to
say that it will get included in the repos or that Ruben will even respond at
all?"
I believe I answered that in the original message with "Just let me know
somehow; I can get it into the Helper git repository."
Ruben's availability is not the key issue.
