[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Oki:
Hi, I really appreciate your attention. Nonetheless We are all a community, a team. There are no sides here at all. [MENTION=5492451]NFound[/MENTION] is a very brilliant boy and I am sure we all agree that he deserves the credit and respect for making this possible. Development is a chain and all the links are important. Without NFound work on treblerize those Oreo ROMs I wouldn't be able to use part of his rom files in adapting a Pixel XL rom image to our hardware. The same way he couldn't have released all the B12 roms without OrdenKrieger's work. At the end everyone adds his 2 cents to work done by others in the past.

It would be nice if there were more developers working in the B12 device tree and the treble ROM. Donations are something that is promoting serious development at XDA but at the same time is reducing the amount of open source code and teamwork. There are well prepared developers in the Axon 7 scene such as [MENTION=7790189]Kranoner[/MENTION], [MENTION=4929843]messi2050[/MENTION] or [MENTION=309990]freeza[/MENTION] among others I do not mention here but are as prepared as them. Some of these developers are willing to help on solving bugs and problems in current implementations, or even properly treblerizing the LineageOS 15.1 implementation for the Axon7. However the developers with those current B12 device trees, created by them after countless hours of dedication, are keeping that code closed. I can only think they just want to keep it closed since they are getting a lot of donations for their work. In this sense, it is hurting the proper development teamwork. I understand that for a teenager gathering $100-$200 in donations, for developing a ROM or kernel, is a fortune. I know this very well, I also was a teenager trying to win some money to maintain my car, my computer and my electronics lab (no cell phones at that time), but that was decades ago and this is just a hobby for me now.

I do not want the Axon7 scene die because of this, but it doesn't depend on me. It only depends on the willingness of the current Axon7 ROM and kernel developers to let others contribute on, or fork, their work to continue them in other direction, the same way others shared their sources in the past such as [MENTION=5672995]jcadduono[/MENTION] or [MENTION=4911249]Unjustified Dev[/MENTION] did. We all remember their contributions here. There were many ROM developers and a lot of options in the past thanks to them. At the end, we all develop on top of other's work. That is what open source is all about. In twelve years in these forums I've seen some amazing devices die just because unavailability of up to date, device tree, kernel and vendor sources. I've also seen other devices that persisted in time just because the open source and cooperation spirit was there, contributing for a common cause. I don't want to see the Axon7 stagnating too for this same reason. The amount of bugs and the time it takes to fix them is inversely proportional to the amount of developers working in the device tree, kernel and vendor blobs. This ROM in the OP is the living proof that Android P is possible in your device, extending the life of the Axon7 at least another full year. Let's make it happen.