[maemo-community] Maemo Elections - Extended

[From: Jeremiah C. Foster]

On Mon, Apr 02, 2012 at 09:09:20AM -0700, Quim Gil wrote:
> On 04/02/2012 01:07 AM, ext Andrew Flegg wrote:
> >On 2 April 2012 04:58, Sunny B<sunnyb7532 at gmail.com>  wrote:
> >>
> >>We have already started plans to centralize open source parts of the
> >>community at www.maemocommunity.org.
> 
> Why the need to create a new Maemo site - in 2012? Apart from paying
> the maintenance bill, Nokia is not doing anything at maemo.org. The
> cost is mainly the extras/downloads part, which is something not
> trivial (neither cheap) to replicate elsewhere.

I agree with Quim here. There is no way to successfully replicate all
the hard work done on Maemo.org. Bring other projects in and make it
bigger.

> What is the reason in moving away from maemo.org?

Presumably the feeling that Nokia abandoned Maemo and that the community
wants to control their own fate. 

Regards,

Jeremiah