01-25-2020, 09:10 AM
I'm not sure what your view is of "a bunch of people, loosely coupled together".
If it's in the context of a team or developer from Pine64 meant to coordinate and support the Pinebook Pro (in the same fashion as of how there are dedicated developers for the support of System76 laptops, Dell XPS13 Developer Edition, Star Labs laptops,etc) - then yes, you can call them loosely coupled. Pine64 devices are community driven for the software development.
In the world of FOSS, I guess you can call it "business as usual". You can bet that the developers are actively sharing and coordinating their efforts.
As for how hard it is to get some specific customization into mainline kernel - no idea except that it's hard. I'm not knowledgeable enough to comment there (read the docs/ guidelines and produce quality code, I guess).
I can see you also mentioned mainline Debian - get familiar with their release cycle and rules on their website. As most of the development on the Pinebook Pro is happening with bleeding edge kernels for the moment, the testing or unstable branch might be what you are looking for. Do check the thread pinned at the top for the unofficial Debian installer: https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=8487
If it's in the context of a team or developer from Pine64 meant to coordinate and support the Pinebook Pro (in the same fashion as of how there are dedicated developers for the support of System76 laptops, Dell XPS13 Developer Edition, Star Labs laptops,etc) - then yes, you can call them loosely coupled. Pine64 devices are community driven for the software development.
In the world of FOSS, I guess you can call it "business as usual". You can bet that the developers are actively sharing and coordinating their efforts.
As for how hard it is to get some specific customization into mainline kernel - no idea except that it's hard. I'm not knowledgeable enough to comment there (read the docs/ guidelines and produce quality code, I guess).
I can see you also mentioned mainline Debian - get familiar with their release cycle and rules on their website. As most of the development on the Pinebook Pro is happening with bleeding edge kernels for the moment, the testing or unstable branch might be what you are looking for. Do check the thread pinned at the top for the unofficial Debian installer: https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=8487
Device: Pinebook Pro 128GB No:246 / MainOS: Manjaro ARM
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