Graham Cobb wrote: > On Friday 27 February 2009 08:47:08 Jeremiah Foster wrote: >> I feel the only way to combat this type of rogue repository creation >> is to assure that the maemo.org repos are; >> >> 1. of significantly higher quality >> 2. provide added value, like the way they are highly available >> 3. are more secure > > Hi Jeremiah > > Great to have you on board! Seconded :)
> At first sight it appears obvious: we should ensure that packages cannot get > into the repositories unless they have sufficient quality (for some value > of "sufficient"). But, on the other hand, if we set the bar too high we are > in danger of recreating the repository hell: developers who cannot meet the > bar (early versions, not enough time to improve quality, not enough time to > prove the quality, not enough users to test and evaluate it) will end up > having to create their own repositories again. Personally, I consider that a > worse problem than the (current) quality problem (others may disagree). Debian has stable/testing/experimental Why not copy from the best? extras/stable == extras - listed on maemo.org extras/testing == extras-testing - for testers - should be safe extras/experimental == extras-devel - "hey, it actually worked this time!" Wouldn't that address all the scenarios you describe? David -- "Don't worry, you'll be fine; I saw it work in a cartoon once..." _______________________________________________ maemo-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-community
