I understand the need to move forward and prioritizing time spent. However, let me illustrate an unfortunate situation:
- I have a Pi 2 with a Realtek WiFi dongle, which ceased to work after upgrading.
- I had also bought an OSMC dongle, which is still supposed to be supported, but never provided reliable reception over here (see Can't connect to Wifi with OSMC dongle (5 GHz type) - #72 by sam_nazarko).
- If I interpret things correctly, the Pi 4, which seems to be a natural upgrade path, is not yet supported by OSMC.
The issue hit me without warning, as I wasn’t even aware of the out-of-tree driver issue. I would have preferred a more coordinated path here: Communicate the upcoming deprecation, giving users time to prepare, then drop support later, in this case ideally at release time for a Pi 4 version of OSMC.