[maemo-developers] maemo through VMware

[From: quim.gil at nokia.com]

It would be good to have al the maemo-through-VMware interested focused
in a single direction. There is interest enough to make this happen in a
reliable way but some coordination is needed. 

Nokia is not in the best position to lead this even if we support the
idea and want to see it happening. The reason is that Nokia checks all
the software released in their products and offers a guarantee on them.
Perhaps we can circunvent rules (to be analyzed) but the default setting
would imply that Nokia would be stamping a seal on a whole Ubuntu
distribution (read hundreds of packages) which is totally out of the
scope (and feasibility).

We are happy seeing an official maemo release inside a VMware envelop.
If it's proven to work and be regularly maintained and supported we
would give it officious treatment. With identified and reliable speakers
we could help having the new versions in good shape right after a new
maemo release. 

It looks like all the ingredients are present already in the maemo
community. With some images already out there, a placeholder like
https://garage.maemo.org/projects/maemovmware/ , contributors
identified, some coordination and an agreed plan the "VMware support"
present in the http://maemo.org/intro/roadmap.html could be pushed
forward with a (community) tag and our explicit backing.

Quim
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