[maemo-developers] extras: promotion interface

[From: josh.soref at nokia.com]

Niels wrote:
> - Packages can not only be promoted, but also demoted if they 
> are breaking
> things. (With the ability to tell the author why it was demoted)

How do you deal with packages that are already installed on people's
devices when they're demoted?

Personally, if I have bad software installed and it's managed by some
central system, I'd like to be notified. Preferably given the option to
uninstall it.

> - All promotions and demotions should be logged to some 
> mailing list to
> keep the process as transparent as possible.

I'm biased, but I think you should consider either a
bugzilla.mozilla.org like system or an addons.mozilla.org like system :)

> We would also need to provide an easier way for developers to upload
> packages. If we can make a webinterface where developers can add their
> package to the upload/promotion queue, I think we will make 
> uploading to
> extras a lot less complicated. (Regular dput uploads would 
> also end up in
> this same queue)

> We can add this as a first step, auto-builders would be a 
> next step to add.