[maemo-developers] QA Process for non user/* packages and how Application Manager handles upgrades (was: Re: extras-devel -> extras-testing auto-promotion not working?)

[From: Mikko Vartiainen]

On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 5:39 PM, Anderson Lizardo
<anderson.lizardo at openbossa.org> wrote:
> The problem being that the meta-package will pull *all* PyMaemo
> packages and not just what the user wants/needs :/

Yes, meta packages would bring more problems than solve them.

> Unless Application Manager honours Suggests:  fields ? in this case we
> could put all non-core Python packages under that field.

I don't think HAM knows about suggests field.

> The other solution is to fix Application Manager :o)

IMO Application Manager is broken from community (Extras) perspective.