11-03-2016, 07:09 AM
pfeerick, to also port the fixes/patches needed for LTS (xenial) to normal releases (yakkety and zesty) it will test if the fixes are forward compatible and also discover and confirm that certain fixes that have trickled upstream are no longer needed as fixes/patches in longsleep's build. Already managing PINE64 support at one level higher will serve as extra testing too.
There are a lot of PINE64 devices out there and user and developers will use them when also newer versions of distros run on them. Not for kernel parameters but for more up to date of other packages that don't need PINE64 specific support. So I am more talking about continuous integration. I know this is all done by volunteers, but I think many PINE64 owners are willing to provide support. Even though the 'promise' of the creators of PINE64 hasn't been all that. With a more structured infrastructure, I think we can lift it to a next level. Now all knowledge is distributed over IRC and a forum and some is on GitHub.
If there would be one overall project with a wiki, continuous integration and issue management, I am willing to put some financial support via https://www.bountysource.com on a lot of issues. I know this also takes time to setup, so that can have a bounty too in my opinion.
There are a lot of PINE64 devices out there and user and developers will use them when also newer versions of distros run on them. Not for kernel parameters but for more up to date of other packages that don't need PINE64 specific support. So I am more talking about continuous integration. I know this is all done by volunteers, but I think many PINE64 owners are willing to provide support. Even though the 'promise' of the creators of PINE64 hasn't been all that. With a more structured infrastructure, I think we can lift it to a next level. Now all knowledge is distributed over IRC and a forum and some is on GitHub.
If there would be one overall project with a wiki, continuous integration and issue management, I am willing to put some financial support via https://www.bountysource.com on a lot of issues. I know this also takes time to setup, so that can have a bounty too in my opinion.