[maemo-developers] [RFC] Maemo package guidelines: mandatory categories

[From: Graham Cobb]

On Thursday 17 April 2008 14:46:04 Marius Vollmer wrote:
> "ext Graham Cobb" <g+770 at cobb.uk.net> writes:
> > NO. NO. NO!  No one gets to change my package!
>
> Don't worry, nobody is going to do that. :-) I was thinking about the
> normal Debian 'overrides' machinery.  

I realised that was the mechanism you were proposing and I still strongly 
disagree. I have no problem with the gatekeepers *offering* to override the 
category to save me the effort of rebuilding but if do not agree to the 
change the only option is to reject the package.  Or for someone else to 
build, submit and maintain a different version of the package.

If I submit a package, the community can take it or leave it.  Or they can use 
GPL rights (if available) to build their own version.  But they shouldn't 
change or misrepresent my version without my permission.  That is an absolute 
requirement.

Graham