[maemo-developers] adaptation of Extras QA hurdles

[From: Dave Neary]

Hi Roman,

Roman Morawek wrote:
> I uploaded a new release of my application
> (http://maemo.org/packages/view/babyphone/) on 5th of November, so more
> than 2.5 months ago. Right now, I have 6 positive votes (including mine)
> - thus 60% of the demanded hurdle. I guess my application is not one of
> the top apps, but downloaded ca. 100.000 times. So I expect it is also
> used and not only positioned in an extreme niche.
> 
> I think that such a period for a new release is too long.

I agree with you. I have never been completely happy with the Maemo
Extras QA process, and now that Maemo is no longer a primary focus for
many in the community, I think that it would be reasonable to lower any
bounds to promotion which we had in the past to new levels. We should
ensure that we have some protection against malicious & spammy
application uploads, but no more - a developer in good faith should be
able to ship his application quite easily in Extras.

Cheers,
Dave.

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