[maemo-developers] Application in Extras-Devel OK? Promote it!

[From: Quim Gil]

ext Niels Breet wrote:

> Maybe it would be a nice for the promotion interface to only allow
> promotion of a package when:

Perhaps it would be good to go through easy and longer steps. Now Diablo
extras is offering an increased quality compared to Chinook extras. Many
developers need to be still convinced, though. [1] And even those inside
the extras game have the pressure these days to have the software in
extras, as it was before the 4.1 release.

Imagine that you leave the promotion as it is for Diablo, with a
collection of additional quality recommendations, but not requirements.

Then one day an alpha/beta Fremantle SDK is released and a next phase
can be effectively started going one step further in terms of quality
requirements. End users are enjoying their Diablo applications,
developers and power user can start getting their hands dirty testing
Fremantle fresh meat. With time, good exchange of opinions and learning.

One day Fremantle becomes stable and users get even better quality apps
in that lovely extras repository. At that stage no Maemo developer
doubts that if you are serious about your project you need to get your
stuff in that extras repo.

[1] As we speak:
http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/showpost.php?p=198540&postcount=54

-- 
Quim Gil
marketing manager, open source
Maemo Software @ Nokia