[maemo-users] the hell of Maemo repos

[From: Ryan Abel]

On Nov 21, 2008, at 7:04 PM, Ryan Abel wrote:

> On Nov 21, 2008, at 6:24 PM
>
>> The descriptions are frequently insufficient to figure out what a  
>> package is or does.
>
> This is a packager issue, maemo.org has no control over how people  
> describe their packages. Good descriptions will likely come as part  
> of the QA program[1]
>
> If they haven't put in a useful description, perhaps it's because  
> they're having a hard time thinking one up (I know from personal  
> experience that describing your own work isn't easy). Maybe they'd  
> appreciate it if you sent them an email with a suggested  
> description? Or even just sent them an email asking for one. Perhaps  
> they've forgotten. You do know the maintainers email is included  
> with every package, right? :)


Forgot to add another source here: http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail//maemo-developers/2008-November/035646.html

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Ryan Abel
Maemo Community Council chair