From 626c6bf2cfb5e1e46f957eeba65ce73d619b44c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jo-Philipp Wich Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2016 16:52:16 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Rework index page and move text Move most text parts of the index page to about and rework the front page to be more approachable. Signed-off-by: Jo-Philipp Wich --- about.txt | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ index.txt | 60 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------- 2 files changed, 67 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-) diff --git a/about.txt b/about.txt index e4a51fa..9685d60 100644 --- a/about.txt +++ b/about.txt @@ -3,6 +3,37 @@ About the LEDE project ====================== +== A reboot of the OpenWrt community + +The LEDE 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: + +. Number of active core developers at an all time low, no process for getting more new people involved. +. Unreliable infrastructure, fixes prevented by internal disagreements and single points of failure. +. 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. +. Not enough people with commit access to handle the incoming flow of patches, too little attention to testing and regular builds. +. Lack of focus on stability and documentation. + +To address these issues we set up the LEDE project in a different way compared to OpenWrt: + +. All our communication channels are public, some read-only to non-members to maintain a good signal-to-noise ratio. +. Our decision making process is more open, with an approximate 50/50 mix of developers and power users with voting rights. +. Our infrastructure is simplified a lot, to ensure that it creates less maintenance work for us. +. We have made our merge policy more liberal, based on our experience with the OpenWrt package github feed. +. We have a strong focus on automated testing combined with a simplified release process. + == Name image:logo/logo.png["The LEDE logo",role="left"] diff --git a/index.txt b/index.txt index 570c72a..aeab673 100644 --- a/index.txt +++ b/index.txt @@ -1,38 +1,50 @@ --- --- -Welcome to the LEDE project -=========================== +LEDE - Linux Embedded Development Environment +============================================= -== Introducing the LEDE project - A reboot of the OpenWrt community +== Welcome to the LEDE project -The LEDE 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'. +The LEDE project is a Linux based embedded meta distribution based on OpenWrt +and targeting a wide range of wireless SOHO routers and non-network devices. -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 spun away from the mother project in May 2016, aims for an open governance +model and attempts to simplify contributing to encourage new developers in +embedded development. -LEDE’s stated goals are: +Refer to our link:about.html[about page] to learn more about the projects +origins. -* 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. +=== How can I use LEDE? -We decided to create this new project because of long standing issues that we were unable to fix from within the OpenWrt project/community: +Since LEDE is a pretty young spinoff from OpenWrt it is largely compatible to +it, in most cases the same installation procedures can be used to flash your +devices. -. Number of active core developers at an all time low, no process for getting more new people involved. -. Unreliable infrastructure, fixes prevented by internal disagreements and single points of failure. -. 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. -. Not enough people with commit access to handle the incoming flow of patches, too little attention to testing and regular builds. -. Lack of focus on stability and documentation. +Sysupgrades from OpenWrt to LEDE or vice versa are supported but it is advised +to not keep settings in such a case to benefit from the updated defaults. -To address these issues we set up the LEDE project in a different way compared to OpenWrt: +=== What is LEDE’s target audience? -. All our communication channels are public, some read-only to non-members to maintain a good signal-to-noise ratio. -. Our decision making process is more open, with an approximate 50/50 mix of developers and power users with voting rights. -. Our infrastructure is simplified a lot, to ensure that it creates less maintenance work for us. -. We have made our merge policy more liberal, based on our experience with the OpenWrt package github feed. -. We have a strong focus on automated testing combined with a simplified release process. +As a source based Linux distribution for wireless routers, LEDE is primarily +intented for networking enthusiasts, wireless communities, embedded Linux +developers and advanced users. + +LEDE aims for versatility and ease of customization but does not attempt to +be a fully integrated alternative to OEM firmware, it rather is a set of +building blocks to implement your own projects. + +=== How can I help? + +Like any open source project, LEDE lives from the effort being put into it by +its users and developers. If you like to participate in development, please +refer to our link:development.html[development sub page] to learn more about +source code access and building instructions. + +If you do not consider yourself a developer but want to participate in +maintaining documentation or in helping community members then don't hesitate +to join our http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/lede-dev[mailing list] +or IRC channels to get in touch. === Endorsement -- 2.30.2