[maemo-developers] debmaster priorities [YOUR INPUT HERE]

[From: Qole]

On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 1:44 AM, Jeremiah Foster <
jeremiah at jeremiahfoster.com> wrote:

To summarize a bit; I think the feedback I am receiving is that I need
> to be more proactive and visible in places like iTT and take up the
> discussion with developers about packaging. From my perspective, that
> means reducing the amount of repository work to some degree and
> replacing that with "real time" packaging discussions, policy changes,
> and other documentation.


I also think interacting in the forums and one-on-one with developers having
packaging difficulties should be a high priority.

The maemo.org community seems to have a large number of very amateur
developers (myself included) who see a need and develop a solution to fill
that need. These solutions often are written in Python or are composed of a
series of shell scripts, so no compiling is necessary. These new developers
post their solutions on the forums, and they are very appreciated by the
community.

The problem then is that these amateur developers have never packaged an
application before, and they don't know how to package the app (make a .deb)
and make it available to a wider audience (put it in Extras).

I would love to see the debmaster "pick up the slack" and help get these
applications properly packaged, and then, if the community support is strong
enough, help get the package into Extras.

I'm sure the backend server stuff is important too, I just don't know
anything about it so I can't comment there.

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engages it; one who is influenced by a peculiar fervor of mind; an ardent
and imaginative person."
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