[maemo-developers] Repositories mess: conclusions and actions

[From: Neil Jerram]

"Tim Teulings" <rael at edge.ping.de> writes:

> I think that is the main problem. The discussion is long (and so are its 
> single mails), but the number of participants is rather low (in relation 
> for example to the number of accounts in garage). I getting a increasing 
> bad feeling because I post my assumptions and suggestions, somebody else 
> posts his assumptions an suggestions (and they are all valid and 
> helpful) but in fact we are all searching in the dark. Community 
> feedback is low and no technical help visible.

The reason for this is that whenever other participants (me, Simon,
Andrew, Graham, ...) raise the real issue

 - i.e. that what we really want is an autobuilder -

you, and Quim, and the other high bandwidth participants in this
thread, studiously ignore this point!

Want more stuff in extras => set up an autobuilder.  It's as
simple as that.  Once most people are using a single repo, package
dependency problems will disappear.  Within-package quality can be
dealt with by the usual free software mechanisms, and others (such as
rating and feedback) that have been discussed.

Regards,
        Neil