On Nov 27, 2009, at 11:15, Quim Gil wrote: > Hi, > > ext Jeremiah Foster wrote: >> I am hesitant here, some of the testing process may require source >> packages, either now or in the future. I am not certain that non-free >> packages deserve to get all the free quality assurance that the >> community provides. I think they should be grateful that they are >> included at all and if they want to go through testing, they need to >> at least provide a source package. > > I think this had been discussed before. At least I remember a reply from > Henrik (Mauku developer) explaining in quite plain English why even if > source code availability is the ultimate resource for good testing, in > practice most apps go through the QA without anybody checking that > source, and even many tools analyzing power consumption and performance > will check the binaries and not the source packages.
Yes that's true for the testing process. Maemian, a part of the QA process but not part of the testing / promotion process, works only on debs so it requires source code. > > So the questions is in fact non-technical: > > - Do you want non-free apps showing up in > http://maemo.org/packages/repository/qa/fremantle_extras-testing/ ? My personal answer is no. > > - Do you want non-free apps showing up in > http://maemo.org/downloads/Maemo5/ ? There I don't care so much. > > My personal opinion is that maemo.org has been always strong in open > source but not exclusive, just like Maemo itself. In practice many users > and developers got their first contact with free software thanks to this > hybrid approach, and now some of them are in the first row of OSS > evangelists. I agree with you, if the community wants non-free apps in the repos then that is good enough for me. Jeremiah _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
