Starting with 3.3 might not be a bad choice. Since it *is* considered the more stable ROM with les fixes necessary, then it would be a good starting ground for everyone to learn about a web-based project. Then, once people are comfortable with the process and any bugs have been ironed out, then progress can be made more efficiently on 3.5.

Just my opinion...

3.5

Running a lot smoother and faster over 3.3

Nice to see you back. You getting hot real quickly too. :D

I think it should be 3.5 because if we're going to be doing all this customizing and testing it should be done on the latest.

Very good point. Since we must start somewhere, and this is an entirely new endeavor (the web based picking of ROM components) then why start with the hardest option first? I must be honest, I haven't even switched to 3.5 myself. I was so happy with my personal ROM after I finished building all my stuff in, that I haven't tried it. If 3.3 is the starting point we choose, I'd be more than happy to help out. If we go 3.5, it will be harder for me to let go of all this work!

Another vote here. We've had a much better idea of what issues popped up with AKU 3.3 back when the community was smaller (which meant that we also had better communication with the users, so that we could more effectively determine which problems were caused by the OS, other software, or user error). It's getting harder and harder to figure out which problems with AKU 3.5 are "real," so likewise, I would say it's more difficult to say when AKU 3.5 will be "ready."

But, as Alwaysbelieve1 pointed out, this isn't a "hard" choice one way or the other - we can get one ready first, and then get the other ready later.

In addition, what's also nice is that most of the fine detail work that's gone into one of the two has generally been applicable in the other as well (as versus the more glaring issues we saw in AKU 3.5).

I'm not voting myself, but I would tend to think that if you guys elected your 3-4 "rom developers" and they unanimously were able to agree they felt more comfortable working from one base or the other, that should probably take precedence over any poll results.

Great points, Sogarth and isamu49.

I will present this alternative with the poll results before the end of the week. We'll see what kind of feedback we can get.

I'm OK with the above as well, although personally I think that 3.5 (other then some pretty visible but otherwise liveable issues*) really is the more stable version of the two.

That, and my gut feel is the "fixes" aren't terribly portable, so other then learning how to fix problems, we'll not take away many actual fixes for 3.5 - possibly with the exception of BT PAN (the holy grail of 3.x)

* the worst of which, vs 3.3, is the contacts problem in Windows Live Search and the similar problem in that other app whos name escapes me at the moment. We may have already in hand the smart dialer fix and the ## fix, in the verizonboy kitchen, just waiting to be mined out and put in the baseline.

I vote 3.5, as I seem to have no trouble with it yet. (3.3 also worked fine but i picked my version and im sticking with it)