Re: Maemo Extras Guidelines

2008-02-05 Thread Quim Gil
Hi, ext Graham Cobb wrote: > As Nokia host it, they will probably want to say something like packages will > be removed if there appear to be serious patent concerns. Nokia currently defines what you just said through the http://maemo.org/legal/terms_of_use.html , that affect also the extras & e

Re: Maemo Extras Guidelines

2008-02-04 Thread Pavel Rojtberg
Graham Cobb schrieb: >> Quality: >> - The package must not brick the device. >> - The package needs to install and uninstall cleanly. >> - The package must not break other packages. >> - The package can only depend on libraries that are present in the >> default firmware image or librar

Re: Maemo Extras Guidelines

2008-02-04 Thread Levi Bard
> If people want to know what the community thinks of a particular application > we would do better to make available stats on number of downloads (gives you > an idea on the number of people using it -- 3 downloads should set off > warning flags!) and have a feedback rating scheme. A small nit -

Re: Maemo Extras Guidelines

2008-02-04 Thread Graham Cobb
On Monday 04 February 2008 15:27:48 Niels Breet wrote: > In general I think we need to have some rules in place to ensure that > only quality software ends up in extras. Promoting from extras-devel > would even be better. (More on that in a separate mail) Excellent topic for discussion. Actually

Re: Maemo Extras Guidelines

2008-02-04 Thread Niels Breet
On Sun, February 3, 2008 11:58, Pavel Rojtberg wrote: > Hi > > > I am searching for some guidelines which packages I may upload to the > maemo extras repository. In general I think we need to have some rules in place to ensure that only quality software ends up in extras. Promoting from extras-dev

Maemo Extras Guidelines

2008-02-03 Thread Pavel Rojtberg
Hi I am searching for some guidelines which packages I may upload to the maemo extras repository. What about the alpha of my music player? What about non-free software? What about patent encumbered software? Greets, Pavel Rojtberg ___ maemo-developers