Tha's what I wasn't completely sure of. Can anyone who comments on TMO and also contributes to Mer confirm what it really is and what it's going to be (wrt existing distros), please? I think that many of us realise that Mer is the future of Maemo. It'd be nice to see something bigger come from Maemo, Meego and now (back to) Mer by forming alliances beyond itself.
@mr_jrt: And yes, as a Maemo user, I'm in the Debian camp too.

@smoku
Re the facepalm: I intentionally and took the OP to be back-handedly requesting the formulation a request on behalf of Maemo users - otherwise, as you say, why open this up for discussion & not just write direct?!

Just think...
A year ago PR1.3 was being finalised (i.e. Maemo was still current). Meego was about to have its first conference and Qt was supposed to be the ultimate bridge between them, as well as Symbian. Since then there has been such turmoil. Even the most adept developer must be a little fed up by now, from swtiching between upcoming OSs. I can see the OP's point!