I think Nokia know devices will live on long beyond production.<br><br>Having the extras repository on <a href="http://maemo.org/" target="_blank">maemo.org</a>
is a *good* thing. sure, right now there could be teething troubles and
specific packages might be missing but in the long-run it will improve.<br>
<br>How long should an independent developer keep his individual maemo app repository open after he leaves the maemo community?<br>Do they stay forever or does bitrot occur?<br><br>Having applications stored on the <a href="http://maemo.org/" target="_blank">maemo.org</a>
repository allows developers to come and go safe in the knowledge that
users will *always* be able to get at their software, even after the
developer has left for good.<br>
<br>I know that my package is safely in the hands of maemo experts and
will be looked after and cared for better than if I had created my own
repository.<br><br>Nokia and its employees and contractors and the good people around <a href="http://maemo.org/" target="_blank">maemo.org</a>
are doing things with the best of intentions and are trying to build a
distribution free from any kind of crap and hunting for repositories
(which other mainline linux distro needs a repository search?)<br>
<br>the best way to help the community is by being constructive and it
saddens me when bickering like this starts because it degrades the good
hard work people have put in to help others.<br><br>gary<br><font color="#888888"><br></font><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 8:05 PM, sebastian maemo <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sebastian.maemo@gmail.com">sebastian.maemo@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="Ih2E3d">2008/11/21 Mark <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wolfmane@gmail.com" target="_blank">wolfmane@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
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</div><div class="Ih2E3d"> Nokia apparently thinks they can just throw their devices out into the wild and their responsibility ends there.</div></blockquote><div><br>;-) <br><br>That's exactly how I feel about it...<br>
<br>Salut,<br>Sebas.</div>
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