[maemo-community] Maemo.org

[From: Ryan Abel]

On Jan 27, 2009, at 12:14 PM, <jussi.h.makinen at nokia.com> <jussi.h.makinen at nokia.com 
 > wrote:

> Anyway in the future the in-device application manager should be the
> gateway for Nokia tested applications and in this scenario the
> maemo.nokia.com application gallery is merely a marketing showcase for
> those non-device owners. This is the reason why the ratings and
> commeting system might not be needed for maemo.nokia.com. So I think  
> we
> agree on most of the stuff here :)

This is something that we've been pushing for for a while. However,  
our goal was to integrate it with Downloads (h-a-m and  
downloads.maemo.org would be two interfaces to the same thing), it  
seems like you're discussing a more App Store-like approach with more  
gatekeeping by Nokia, though.[1] I'd _really_ like to see Nokia help  
set up a QA and certification system through maemo.org and Extras,  
rather than pulling them from us and running them through a separate  
certification process and pushing them through their own channels.

This is something we've been working towards on our own, but getting  
Nokia help in this (and not having them duplicate our efforts  
elsewhere) would be really wonderful.[2]


[1]http://wiki.maemo.org/Task:Improving_the_Application_manager
[2]http://wiki.maemo.org/Extras_repository_process_definition

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Ryan Abel
Maemo Community Council chair