Thread: JollaMobile : Jolla continues Nokia's excellent work on #MeeGo based smartphones
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2012-07-10 , 09:44
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#363
Originally Posted by Stskeeps View Post
Mer's vendor focused, yes, but honestly, there's not terribly much difference between what a commercial contributor and a passionate hobbyist is doing, in practical output.
Indeed. The main difference is that you can't easily attract the hobbyist unless he has an itch to scratch (== available and hackable devices). It will be fantastic if Jolla can provide that.

Agreed, but at least it's possible to properly participate on this level now. Even the stuff in base is areas that people end up touching somehow.
How do you see that working? Let's say I buy a Jolla device in a few months and discover that some core feature I want is missing (let's say IPv6 as a contrived example if it helps). How would I go about trying to convince Mer to add it, contributing patches and/or packages, and making sure the fruits of all that end up on my device in a reasonable timeframe?