I think the only way for SFOS to move forward at reasonably fast speed is to make all of the components of SFOS open-source and well documented.
I’ve been using SFOS for years, until v4 came out I used it as daily driver on my XA2 until if fell apart but the feature (compatibility) gap between android and SFOS has grown so much that it becomes less usable as daily driver and it’s more like a toy, at least in my case. I’m running a company so all the basics must be rock solid (wifi, 4g, calling, texts, browser, email), and that is simply not the case.
Nevertheless, I have order X10 II recently, and will buy yet another licence and see what I can do to help.
So I’ll try to steer this discussion in more positive direction and point to some low hanging fruit that I think will help out tremendously:
- make all stock apps open-source so people can jump in and add features or fix bugs, instead of writing replacement apps (example: stock camera vs advanced camera)
- start writing some basic getting started documentation for core OS development so new developers can setup dev environment quickly and start contributing
For those that missed it Camera2 API development is a good read, I have wrote about these issues before and it is a good example of dispersed knowledge of core system between members but not available in any convenient place for newbies like me to access.
Just my two cents. Now with new Jolla management I’m really hopeful we’ll see more and more components open and documented so more of us can get onboard and start making SFOS overall better experience for everyone.