[maemo-developers] Deleting Project PyGTKEditor from Garage

[From: Tomasz Rybak]

Dnia 2010-03-24, śro o godzinie 10:52 -0500, Michael Cronenworth pisze:
> Benoît HERVIER wrote:
> > Once the package will be removed from extras, extras-testing, and
> > extras-devel you will be able to install the new version from my own
> > repository.
> 
> Why are you attempting to divide the Maemo community?

I have bought n900 knowing it is Debian and therefore I can,
if needed, to create my own repository with my packages.
So I do not believe that creating own repository is dividing community
- on the contrary, it allows for others to provide users with packages.
For example recently Opera created repository with Debian/Ubuntu
packages ensuring that users have Opera browser updated the same way
other software is updated.

On the other hand I doubt ordinary users will add some strange
repository - I, for myself, would though about it carefully.
So this might be way for distributing software, but only for
the most hardcore users.

As for promotion to extras - I took part in Saturday's testing
marathon, and some packages worked on my phone while not working
on others, and vice-versa. So I think necessity of having 10 votes
is valid. Maybe _just_ for bugfixes it could be lessened - but there
is risk of abusing this approach.
Debian *-security repositories for security patches. Ordinary packages
must go usual way (10-days waiting period, no RC bugs) - but when
security problem is detected, package with fix goes to *-security
repository. This is not the same situation, but maybe this will give
someone idea for solving problem of getting high quality packages
into extras while not forcing developers to wait too long for
package transition.

My 0.02


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