First of all, it was a great read of the community meeting. Thank you!
I can only speak for myself and my experiences. I know, that many other people are flashing and successfully running community ports on their phones. And I am super happy about it.
Unfortunately, I have had bad experiences with using community ports. I bricked my Volla X in the past.
Even though I see the challenges that Jolla needs to address with the Sony Xperia IV/V (fingerprint, camera), I would prefer to obtain the image or build from Jolla themselves. This way, I like to know the source of the image. In Jolla’s case I know the legal entity behind it. Again, I really appreciate what community members like Piggz are doing with their effort, and I try to support them through donations. I trust them. But I would still like the option to get an official image from Jolla. Even with the fact that their builds are lacking of features like the encryption key is not bound to the lock key (unlock the device).