I appreciate everyones kind comments, it means a lot.
I've just had a productive conversation on the phone with chewitt for more than 2 hours, I need to reflect on what was discussed as this is not something either of us wanted.
There is a team meeting tonight where many issues will be discussed with Amlogic builds being one of them, I can understand and acknowledge where the issues lie with Amlogic and that its a technical debate not meant for the forums.There was acknowledgement that some problems exist so hopefully during the debate some agreements can be made, I'm still unsure on how to move forward presently though but I'm more hopeful now than I was before, the main sticking point is that Team Kodi plan to introduce changes in Kodi v19 possibly that would remove all of the current hacks and workarounds that make Amlogic work at present and therefore will make Amlogic devices incompatible with LE/Kodi in the future.
I have argued in the past that these devices can and should be supported until those changes are made, maybe not so much in an official capacity but I see no harm in adding the code directly to the LE base and then making community builds and this is the making sticking point, in adding support for a set of devices that potentially *may* to be removed, this is where much of the fights have been fought around.
Adding support in a personal fork for Amlogic devices has irked some developers as they see it as an attempt to fork LE in the same way LE did to OE which I can categorically state it is not.
As GDPR-1 has pointed out, support has existed for Amlogic devices for some time with community LE builds, but nobody has taken the time to upstream this directly to LE, I have taken a lot of heat for this from other developers and this is something was has been a huge burden and has taken a heavy toll on me. every contribution has been a fight rather than a thank you, I am in no way blaming anybody for this as I undertook this task on my own reconnaissance with no input from anybody, the heat received and what I deemed to be a lack of support from more senior LE developers is ultimately what has led to this point today.
At the end of the day I don't have the time or the desire to fight with anybody, I don't need the stress or hassle in my life when at the end of the day all I am trying to do is help the community, I hope things can get better and that from the ashes of this that there will be a positive outcome, for now the dust needs to settle and I would ask that people try not to inflame tensions any further.Thanks,
Adam
You did an exellent job with builds that you provide to us. I will always respect and thankful to you from core of my heart. You are great devolper and have a good heart.
Thank you very much adamg
