[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Komodo Rogue:
Lots of questions

Wow, there are some things that have puzzled me for a while, and they were all kind of neatly addressed with some recent posts, so this seems like a good time to ask. If you're familiar with CM, or maybe even just github, I would really appreciate some insight! Sorry for all the questions, I've tried figuring it out on my own, but everything on the code sites is just over my head.

tl;dr lots of questions about CM development, and then I express frustration with ASUS

So with that link, it looks like nothing has changed. However, I was under the impression that really small, under-the-hood, possibly even irrelevant changes were made with each nightly release? Not changes specifically for the prime, but the "main branch" or whatever for CM9? I thought those updates happened across CM9, and updates to the kernel, or, for example, keyboard support, were the things done specifically for the prime that would show up in that link. But things like changing the boot animation, or when the notification widgets became customizable - those were the things that I thought were "CM9 wide" or the "main branch" (is main branch the right term?). Ultimately, should non-developers/laymen such as myself only flash nightly builds when there is an update posted on that link? Or does the CM statistics opt-in thing provide helpful feedback for testing?

I had the impression that your CM builds, while not "official," are not kangs either, is that right? So the /build and /kernel commits - if someone took the time and effort to write them, why haven't they (merged? is that the right word?) it with the official TF201 CM build? Or if it just needs someone with the know-how to put them together, why don't you change the CM builds? Commits are all official and approved, just waiting to be merged, right? Or no? I'm not accusing or trying to come across ungrateful, I just don't understand and I'm curious.

Do you mean, it needs testing, so use it and report issues here, or to the official bug tracker, because I thought you didn't want bug reports with nightly builds? Also, how do I go about submitting those issues, or does the CM statistics do the bug-tracking automatically?

As always, thanks for your all your hard work, I'm really eager to try this wifi fix!

And TIA if anyone can answer any of my questions, I appreciate it!

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this is a bit off topic, but I'm frustrated with the asus/TF201. I am NEVER an early adopter and I am not doing well financially, but I thought that since devs loved TF101, asus has great customer satisfaction, and tegra 3 should be supported for a couple of years, it was a safe bet and I pre-ordered. Never again! Release was plagued with people returning their devices, and by the time things were sorted, the cheaper 300 and the arguably superior 700 was announced... and now even the amazing nexus 7, which I'm sure will see tons and tons of dev support. Hindsight is 20/20, and new tech is always on the horizon, but I feel a little screwed by asus.

I mean, things weren't quite their fault. they could have handled it worse, and I can't blame them for quickly pushing out the 300 with negative consumer perception of the 201. But I wish they would have, I don't know, maybe offered a trade-in program for the 300 or something if people wanted. I doubt many 201 users would even be interested, and it would be a really nice gesture. When they said they would offer a software fix to the wifi/gps issues, I stupidly believed them... I wonder if they just wanted us to wait until our return period were over.

How does my comment relate to your post? I think that the 201 is losing popularity. I think asus scrambled to release before christmas 2011, I think many people returned it, and I think the announcement of a cheaper TF201 (DDR3 and better digitizer kinda balance out the 300's shortcomings anyway) killed interested for budget-conscious consumers and 700 killed interested for the high-end market. And if people still had any interest in the 201 a month ago, Nexus 7 killed what was left. So the user base, including developers, isn't growing, and it may already be shrinking. Such luck! #firstworldproblems