[maemo-developers] Ask for removal of some packages from Extras Fremantle repository

[From: Attila Csipa]

On Monday 29 March 2010 08:07:06 Marius Vollmer wrote:
> all the good stuff in them, because they know that these repositories
> are well-maintained and backed by a community: packages are not
> abandoned, and they can expect them to be updated when necessary.

Yes, we have not talked about this much but if you take a look at the 
gronmayer list now, you'll see that a good chunk of repos there has shut down, 
taking into oblivion their packages, too, and to make things worse, they 
nearly all miss the source section (most likely an unintentional oversight). 

Also, consider that the QA/testing process we have is a 'light' (and 
occasionally buggy ;) version of what happens in large distros (i.e. if you 
have trouble complying with Maemo's requirements, Debian stable compliance is  
lightyears away). The historical distros have all been through this phase of 
'zillion packages from all over the net' and evolved towards centralized 
repositories for a reason (while keeping the *ability* to install whatever you 
want). I still think (and will lobby for) maemo.org supported PPAs as a 
recommended (not forced !) solution for testing/devel/procedural problems, 
instead of general repository anarchy.

Regards,
Attila