[G Tablet General] TJEvans:
It actually isn't very useful right now...moe of a nuisence than anything else. The point is, most (not all, of course) custom roms that were out were based on that branch, because that was what was available. Now, if the changes you think are on the backburner are released by a manufacturer using the 1.2 dev branch, then you'll need it to get all the perks you want. If, in fact, Notion Ink has found a way to release a GB rom for the Adam, the logical starting point for Gtab developers would be to port it directly to the Gtab. It doesn't make sense to spend additional time editing the built in bootloader to work with older versions.

There are definitely 2 camps involved right now. Those that see that the 1.2 is probably here to stay, so they are basing their development on the new dev branch. The other camp has been continuing to work on the 1.1 branch, hoping that the 1.2 is just a fad that will go away. If it doesn't go away, then they will have wasted time developing roms that will require a downgrade in order to flash. If 1.2 DOES go away, they are satisfied becasue they haven't wasted any time. The 1.2 camp, though, still has their 1.1 roms anyway, that they just need to update.

What I question sometimes is why people are raving about GB roms that are not truly GB...we still do not have OFFICIAL hardware acceleration for GB. If the manufacturers that are able to release GB roms do get OFFICIAL hardware acceleration, AND they are stuck on the 1.2 roms, then it will be much more difficult to get an OFFICIAL GB rom, if you're still on 1.1 dev branch.

the basis of my arguments are that we are ALL wrong, in a way. VS released a great product with really crappy firmware. I can only assume, since I wasn't there, that at the beginning it was a big *****fest, with people wondering why they would do that, relase a broken tablet that does nothing you want it to. what did we do to combat their crap...we changed it. Most of us are using a custom "something or other" whether it be a rom, kernel, market fix, what have you. VS created an update and people got pissed that it wasn't compatible with the 3rd party stuff we had installed on our devices. It's not VS's job to update Vegan-Tab, CM7, TNT Lite, Caulkin, etc...it's their job to update THEIR firmware...if their future updates contain information that people want, but also utilizes the 1.2 dev branch, then it only makes sense to switch directions and go with 1.2.

For all we know, VS may have made a deal with NI. They'll relase updates using NI dev branch, and let NI do the follow up with Google and NVidea to get new firmware that includes drivers, etc, then VS won't have to worry about getting that information. Basically, they farmed out their development to NI, but in order ot make it compatible, they had to switch to the NI bootloader...which is essentially what 1.2 is. I mean, think about it. VS releases 3991, and 4349 with dev branch 1.2. Then they pull them, but not until it's out for developers to access. Now, all of a sudden, NI is rumored to be releasing an official GB rom, that coincidentally will load with minimal modificaitons to the "new" 1.2 Gtab bootloader.