[maemo-developers] maemo-release

[From: Quim Gil]

ext Dave Neary wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Quim Gil wrote:
>> We are asking the renaming of pure end user apps called "Maemo
>> Something" in order to avoid confusion of what is official and what is not.
> 
> Just to be clear, when you say "what is official", what do you mean?

A piece of software that Nokia is responsible of, and therefore
customers can complain to Nokia about.

> 
> Is this applications shipped with the device by default? Or applications
> created by Nokia? Or applications in the "Nokia applications" repository?
> 
> I'd like to think that eventually, applications written by anyone in the
> community can become "official" and be installed by default in future
> Maemo devices, if they prove themselves capable.
> 
> Cheers,
> Dave.
> 
> (For the rest, I agree - if we're not talking about user-targetted apps,
> the impact is small - I just want to clarify the meaning of the
> often-used word "official")
> 

-- 
Quim Gil
open source advocate
Maemo Devices @ Nokia