Original post:

I'm wondering why people dont install cssu, it is basically a bug fix for the maemo 5 os. Yes it does have additional features, none of which have to be used. It is what would have been PR 1.4 if Nokia was still supporting Maemo 5.

Are people still using PR 1.2 refusing to update to PR 1.3? I could understand if there wasn't a stable release, but that is not the case. On the same line of thought though users not running cssu seem to have no problem installing anything that pops up in extras devel.

I dont get it the devs working on cssu are some of the best on tmo yet I could make a package upload it extra devel, call it space optimizer which would be nothing more than a script that reformats MyDocs and I bet people would download it by the dozens.

So why arent you using cssu?


NOTES:

It seems that the general consensus is that cssu is just "portrait mode" and to that I want to say that it is not. You can read through the thread and come to your own conclusions.

If you do decide to try cssu it is highly recommended that you first install backup menu and do a complete backup of opt and root. This will enable you to restore your phone without reflashing.

Even if you already use or will never CSSU I highly recommend the use of backup menu.

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=63975


Answers to common questions:


What does CSSU actually change/fixed/updated?

Thanks to Copernicus we now have an expanded explanation of what was changed/fixed in modest (Maemo email client). PS click on his name for the wiki and hit the thanks button while your at it.

The change log is here.
http://wiki.maemo.org/Community_SSU/Changelog

The bug list is here with the corresponding bug reports.
http://wiki.maemo.org/Community_SSU/QA

Updates to QT (part of CSSU):
http://qt.gitorious.org/+qt-develope.../changes-4.7.4

http://labs.qt.nokia.com/2011/09/01/qt-4-7-4-released/

For a complete list of packages in CSSU also at the bottom of the page a verbose discussion with page links to what was actually changed:
http://gitorious.org/community-ssu


I dont like/care for portrait mode or the new camera

Portrait mode is disabled by default and when portrait mode is enabled there is the ability to blacklist any app that you do not want to rotate.

To revert to the stock camera

apt-get install --reinstall camera-ui=1.1.29.1+0m5


If you can contribute to the documentation of what CSSU is please post.