[maemo-developers] How to get a general utility package cross-listed from tools to extras?

[From: Quim Gil]

Eero Tamminen wrote:
> Marius/Quim, any opinion on whether the Nokia provided tools packages
> should go to extras instead of the SDK/tools repository?

There is this principle of publishing supported software in *.nokia.com
and have 0 responsibilities on whatever goes to extras.

It also makes sense that SDK and related tools are next to each other,
as Juha pointed out.

But then again, I understand those tools are not something end users and
even many developers will go and use by themselves, the hassle of
needing to have them in two repos so extras is self-contained in terms
of dependencies...

There is also the precedent of ESBox, Pluthon and other software
developed by Nokia and present in extras because it's not 100%
officially supported...

So well, if Juha (owner of those tools) would end up seeing more
benefits than problems we could have these tools in extras. I don't see
an essential problem in this possibility.

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