The quick question: Is there a way to find out how many times each application was downloaded from extras-devel? It would be a valuable tool to help access if the applications are being used (and/or are useful) and decide on how to invest on each one.
The issue: Right now the feedback on the talk.maemo.org is the only thermometer I have and even being a very good one it hasn't been enough. For one application to move out of testing it has to get votes and good karma, right? For someone to vote they have had to install the application from the extras-devel already and because of this don't exactly have any major motivation/urgency to want to push the application to move to extras. On the top of that it is not very obvious, at least wasn't for me, how to vote - especially because once you get the page you don't see the vote button until you login. I assume, as it is, we mostly depend on other developers to test and vote for the applications on testing or is there any other driving force? I would like to see the applications I have developed available/useful to more users but by the number of votes I got on them (4 total) I would have to assume they are not very good or, hopefully, that people just don't take the time or don't know how to vote. Wouldn't make sense to have something to help remind users that they should vote if they like the application? Maybe a "sticky" message on the "announcement" thread for the application once it goes to testing or even an automatic e-mail/message to the users that posted on that thread? For me, after I have the application running on my phone that I like it becomes mostly a done deal - I will be notified of updates by the application manager and I will keep using w/o even knowing that now that application is waiting for my vote to make the "big league". I may from time to time go back to the announcement thread or even have subscribed to it but doesn't mean that I will see the one post asking me to vote and/or that I will figure out what voting means. Felipe
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