[maemo-developers] External Repository and HAM

[From: Aldon Hynes]

I'm curious about how all of this relates to MeeGo.  MeeGo is expected to
use RPM instead of DEB formatted packages.  (I know, but let's not rehash
that religious war again).  The MeeGo repositories reportedly can only
support truely open source packages, which would limit various Nokia based
packages, so we are likely to need MeeGo repositories and Nokia repositories
for future Nokia devices (or the N900 if it ends up supporting MeeGo).  It
seems like the user experience is likely to split no matter what, so what
can we do to make the most of it?

Personally, I like the idea of people setting up their own external
repositories.  I've written about this in my blog post

Let a Thousand Open App Stores Flourish - MeeGo Smart HAM
http://www.orient-lodge.com/node/3997

I would love to see MeeGo adopt SMART Package Manager, which supports both
DEB and RPM formats and allows for users to select which repositories have
the highest priorities.  I'm running Smart on my N900 (needs UI work) and
I'd love to see the next version of HAM be SMART based.

Comments?

Aldon