What do you mean by “all the talks”? Lots of people install openHABian without too much issue. There’s definitely room for significant improvement in the docs, and we’re actually working on that right now. Why now? Because someone raised the issue in a constructive way and inspired positive change.
I don’t mean that as a criticism of you for not saying anything–there are lots of times when I’ve done the exact same thing. However, I’m reading a lot of negativity toward openHABian in your post, and it feels like it’s because you never managed to get it running in the first place and perhaps didn’t ask for help.
Since I’ve volunteered to rewrite the openHAB documentation, I’d particularly like to know what you mean by this:
Can you be more specific about the constraints? That would help me to see your point of view when I’m trying to frame information for new users. Sometimes, one person’s benefits are another person’s constraints, and it’s hard to see from the other side.
None of this is meant to shoot down your installation script. If it works for you and someone else, great. But if you’re going to tell people that it’s better than openHABian, then I think you need to make reasonable comparisons instead of just dismissing openHABian as “nonsense”. Especially if you’re going to end with:
It kind of reads like:
- Here’s my solution that’s MUCH BETTER than openHABian for…reasons.
- But whatever you do, don’t use it for a production system.
- And don’t blame me if it doesn’t work, even though I made it, shared it, and encouraged you to use it.
I don’t want to turn this into an argument. I’m more interested in having a conversation about your frustrations and using that information to improve the openHABian documentation.