[maemo-developers] policy: Packaging Policy change proposal

[From: Niels Breet]

Hi all,

After long[1] and heated[2] discussions, we finally managed to finish the
Better Package Categories task[3]. When I started the discussion[4] in
April, I knew it would not be an easy task. It remained on my task lists
over a lot of sprints, but now we have a result.

Ryan[5] posted about this and proposed future in his blog[6].

"So, what's next?"

Now we need to get these proposed changes accepted into the Packaging
Policy, so we can start to apply them. I created a wiki page[7] for the
proposed changes to the policy. Please see if you would like to see the
wording changed. I will push this task for the November 2008 Sprint.

The autobuilder and Extras Assistant will soon start to give warnings when
your package is not using one of the official categories. These warnings
will not prevent you from uploading your package, but please try to update
your package in order to make it comply with the policy.

As we are going to change the policy, the wiki page[7] might also be a
good place to propose other changes you would like to see in the document.

--
Niels Breet
maemo.org webmaster


PS. Please make sure that for each email to the list about the Packaging
Policy has policy: in the subject, so the appropriate people can filter on
it.

[1]
http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail//maemo-developers/2008-October/035437.html
[2] http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-developers/2008-April/033093.html
[3] http://wiki.maemo.org/Task:Package_categories
[4]
http://communitizer.blogspot.com/2008/04/rfc-maemo-package-guidelines-mandatory.html
[5] http://maemo.org/profile/view/generalantilles
[6] http://maemo.org/community/council/view/1225812124/
[7] http://wiki.maemo.org/Task:Packaging_policy_proposed_changes