[maemo-developers] ... and QA of closed source applications?

[From: Attila Csipa]

Just arrived... out of order mail is so much fun :)

On Wednesday 06 May 2009 14:37:18 you wrote:
> > non-free software, but rather to be in the clear that people *know* which
> > software is, and which isn't free and then decide for themselves if they
> > want it or not. In the spirit of recalling the history of the wheel, I'll
>
> Done since years ago.
>
> http://repository.maemo.org/extras-devel/pool/fremantle/free/
> http://repository.maemo.org/extras-devel/pool/fremantle/non-free/

As Jeremiah pointed out, it's more of a clarity thing. As it is now, it's 
fairly difficult for users to see/make that choice. To make things worse, the 
application manager does not display the repository, much less the component 
an application belongs to. Even if it would, if you install an application 
directly from maemo.org, you will likely get a

[extras]
name = maemo Extras
uri = http://repository.maemo.org/extras/
components = free non-free

stanza automatically from .install. Now, provided you even know about 
free/non-free components, you would have to go to the application manager -> 
tools -> catalogues -> pick extras -> edit and then know what free and 
non-free actually means in that context and how to edit them. I don't think 
it's trivial for newbies at all. Making this a higher (repository level) 
choice IMHO makes it a lot clearer.