Why there is such a monolithic release system in place? Release when everything is tested, all has to be ready or nothing is given?

Nokia has done updates for phones and older tablets the same way. When you think how a phone was flashed to newest firmware in a backroom of a store, it is easy to understand the value of complete monolithic update package. You're not going to the shop every day or week. Now the usecase is different as we use OTA updates - there is no backroom and therefore monolithic update release is the way of the past days. Full images can still be made for those store rooms if necessary..

As community we should encourage Nokia to do something which would make them really shine!

See: http://maemo.org/community/brainstor..._packages-002/