[maemo-developers] Fremantle Community SSU

[From: Andrew Flegg]

On Tue,   2 Nov 2010, 00:22:28 GMT, Matan Ziv-Av <matan at svgalib.org> wrote:
> 
> How do you expect to get developer's feedback when you distribute 
> binaries without appropriate source? Even if we ignore the GPL 
> violation, it does not make much sense.

Well, "developers" in the sense of experienced users who can diagnose HAM & postinst issues. You can already see the discussion here that, to be frank, would be swamped on TMO with "does this give me Flash 10.1" or "X Terminal didn't open, what do I do?" posts.

That's fine, and I look forward to answering them, but let's get some initial testing (TBH, I'd expect that to not last too long).

Having said that, having `apt-get source' is pretty essential in the next iteration.

> How will included improvements be decided?
> 
> Will there be an inclusive policy - every improvement that someone is 
> willing to work on will be included - or will there be a gatekeeper that 
> will decide what to include?
> 
> Were this issues discussed? Were they decided?

NAFAIK, that's what should be discussed - in a constructive way - now that the concept has been proved and the kinks worked out.
 
> > I can imagine a number of ways of getting involved if you want to
> > help, including carving out a space on wiki.maemo.org to deal
> > with/document the issues of and around:
> > 
> > * Release management - how does testing/QA/release work?
> 
> Shouldn't this be discussed, before being documented in wiki?

Yes, but I'd imagine a homepage being useful to frame the debate and document the outcomes.

> Indeed, organizing and distributing is much harder and less fun than 
> actual developing, so we should be thankful for anyone who is willing to 
> do that, so I'll join your thanks to Mohammad, but will add a small 
> request:
> 
> Please, don't upload binaries without uploading corresponding source.

Agreed, and if Mohammad had any particular issues with packaging/building & uploading, I'm sure the development community would be willing to assist - just like we're seeing with the brainstorming around streamlining the enabler package.

Cheers,

Andrew

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