[maemo-developers] Easier way to upload debians to extras repository needed

[From: Urho Konttori]

At the moment there is way too many repositories. I believe this is  
because it is too hard to upload your creation to the extras repository.

Here is my idea. I have filed it as bug:
https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1558
If you feel this is a good solution, please vote for this enhancement  
request.

Current steps on how to get your application to extras repository are  
described
in:
http://maemo.org/community/wiki/ExtrasRepository

It is a very complex process and takes a lot of time (especially on  
the first
upload). I would rather put up my own repo than to follow the current  
steps of
uploading a file there. And I think quite many people feel the same,  
which
results in unnecessarily many repositories.


Comparing this to the downloads maemo downloads upload form:
Here is an example image of it:
http://garage.maemo.org/docman/view.php/106/82/ 
ac_others_add_app_edit_user.png

It would make sense to allow the maemo downloads upload form to also  
accept
pure debians. It could then copy those to the extras repository (maybe
moderated step) and even create the install file for the user  
automatically, as
it is basically just normal extras repo .install file with added  
application
filename (equals total of four lines of code). Hopefully this would  
result in
more use of the extras repo.

It would also be a nice clean one step process to launch a new  
version of an
app. One place to go. One form to fill. Simple.

Kind regards,
Urho Konttori