I think you are almost starting to get what I was trying to say...

Let me be more concise.

#1- Since Nokia stopped doing it, and handed over control of the NIT line to us,

#2- Since larger entities ...like google or mozilla or ...WHOMEVER ...
Have ALSO stopped working on browsers and patches and software for the NIT line ...

#3- We don't have teams (which is what we need) working all the time on and dealing with these issues.

#4- Device security is critical.
If it could be dealt with
You wouldn't be asking.
It would already be done.


Now
as far as your repeated mantra "Don't bother, just wait for leste". "
And your belief
"That may well be the best answer. When leste comes it will (I think it should) have it's own pages with fresh start and updated wiki. For many things it is probably possible to just copy instructions from the maemo wiki and adjust the wiki where needed."

You are still working with this theory of an army of magic elves ..

When Leste comes we STILL will be in the very same boat.
We don't have the teams to deal with the issues, write wikis and take the time playing ""Chat / Call Centre Help Line"

There are multiple devices for Leste ...
the n900 is just one.
and it is an older device at that.
There will be more attention and more folks on devices with better specs...more ram...etc. focused on Leste than the n900.

The situation with wikis and walk throughs, maintenance, etc..
DOESN'T change with a new OS for us.

With time it may get better with some folks coming back to their n900...
But pennies to pounds ...the majority will be coming back to use their devices ...NOT fix things, maintain things, update things...
At least not for the n900.
We may get one or two old bodies back...who can help with the n900...
The rest will be folks pulling their n900s out of the desk drawer after years from moving on to more current devices...

The majority of folks returning / coming here who can actually help with Leste ..
will be focusing their efforts on more current devices.

Leste is not a magic bullet.
There is no army of magic n900 Leste elves coming to fix things and make it all better.

The best person to trust to get the wikis done , update and maintain this place , for whatever device, for whatever os ...
IS YOURSELF.

There is nowhere on the internet where this mantra is more apt.
YOU ARE THE CHANGE YOU WISH TO SEE.

So if that is your focus...
Do it.

But to get there.
get studying.
get reading.
get researching.

Get learning
Like everyone else who has come here in the past.
Everyone here including myself has spent years and years learning here.
Personally...then I spent just as long researching the fields I have to provide the walk throughs and troubleshooting guides for what I have done.

At this point in my life
and at this point in maemo work...
My interest is not in doing any more walk throughs, "How To's" or lengthy post explanations for new people,
Been there
Done that.
For now and the foreseeable future...my interest is in actually enjoying my devices ...
and specifically work with real time effects processing on the NIT line...
yet again ...as in enjoying the devices.


As far as walkthroughs go ...
You are on to something ...
And I have ...and many others have tried to explain this before ...
many many many times...

In fact one could consider this whole core issue unto itself ...
A walk through.

As such I will be putting it in my signature.
calling it
"IMPORTANT FOR NEW FOLKS TO UNDERSTAND"

which will make it easier to refer to ...
Since this is THE LAST TIME I SPEND TRYING TO EXPLAIN YET AGAIN THE OVERALL SITUATION HERE AT TMO ...
TO A NEW PERSON.