Glad to hear the merge is coming and that enough issues were resolved to make this go forward. So ... I'll just throw my thoughts into the hopper.
> On 05/08/2017 09:19 AM, John Crispin wrote: > > *) branding > From a raw objective stand, OpenWrt has better market value as a brand. Its longer lived on the net and more unique audibly. If we surveyed 1000 somewhat technical people, then we would have way more recognition hits. I realize the vote concluded already, but hopefully this thought helps ease some less happy minds. > > *) git / github > This is were LEDE staging model can really shine, if you use it. Lock both OpenWrt and LEDE to new business for set dates. Close all outstanding PR in both. Perform any "best of" merge activity in staging areas with core members who have time to participate. (not plebes from the peanut gallery like me.) Iterate on a few broken merges. Push the new-and-improved tree to OpenWrt. Reopen for business. If the project will use github, then have all project components (netifd, procd, odhcpd/c) use github. The half-in-half-out can be confusing and exclude participation. > > *) landing page > I would toss up a third possibility. Why not use the LuCI boot-strap theme as inspiration? The OpenWrt headline and radial from openwrt.org is good but the paneling could look a little more modern. > > *) trac > At some point, archive to raw text documents. No body wants to delete anything, but maintaining an active server-application to that end is just a burden. > > *) email accounts > For OpenWrt integrity, I would recommend a more assertive removal of personal email accounts. I realize this is contentious, but long term it protects OpenWrt from individuals who may attempt to misuse the brand. > > *) wiki / forum > There are long running discussions in each forum that serve as "documentation" in the absence of "documentation." OpenWrt wiki has a lot of outdated information. LEDE wiki is sparse. Closing this question requires a focused effort on improved documentation. Its easier to change if the human dependencies are not so tenuous. > > *) trademark/sponsorship > OpenWrt may generate a high value brand target in the future. Having seen charities and non-profits overrun by their sponsors I would simply urge caution. All most all sponsors have good intentions, selfish promotion yes, but good for the sponsored entity. It only requires one that doesn't and a hungry lawyer to make things difficult. Key sponsor concepts: non-exclusive sponsorship, limited term sponsorship, and no product delivery for sponsorship. _______________________________________________ Lede-dev mailing list Lede-dev@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/lede-dev
