[Discuss] Fwd: [OpenWrt-Devel] Introducing the LEDE project

[Thomas Käfer]

Also wenn sie den Focus mehr auf Stabilität und Dokumentation legen
wollen, kann man das doch nur gutheißen, oder?

2016-05-04 9:04 GMT+02:00 Paul Fuxjaeger <(spam-protected)>:
> hier finden alle die Idee gut, denn die zentralen openwrt devs stehen dahinter. Die Communities sind gestern eingeladen worden ein Endorsement abzugeben. Würde dann auf https://www.lede-project.org/ unten aufscheinen.
>
> Was haltet ihr davon? Gibt's einen guten Grund ein Endorsement NICHT zu machen? Ich sehe grad keinen.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On 04 May 2016, at 05:29, David Hopfmueller <(spam-protected)> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> FYI: bei OpenWrt tut sich was.
>>
>> CU,
>> David
>>
>> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>> Subject: [OpenWrt-Devel] Introducing the LEDE project
>> Date: Tue, 3 May 2016 18:59:55 +0100
>> From: Jo-Philipp Wich <(spam-protected)>
>> To: OpenWrt Development List <(spam-protected)>, OpenWrt User List <(spam-protected)>
>>
>> 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
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