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 <da...@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 > _______________________________________________ Lede-dev mailing list Lede-dev@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/lede-dev
