On 01/02/10 05:49 AM, Jeremiah Foster wrote:
On Feb 1, 2010, at 7:13 AM, Ville M. Vainio wrote:
On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 4:57 AM,<[email protected]> wrote:
Im very interested in porting apps to Maemo but I have concerns about the
long-term maintenance of the apps.
Unfortunately the process is not codified, many assumptions are made. For
example, the expectation is that if you have found an application or library
you like in debian and have ported it to maemo, you will continue to take care
of it as the OS and app changes.
Now, there are no loss of privileges if you fail to keep the package up to date or if you
go MIA, like there is in debian. It is a bit of a grey area as to what happens if someone
else wants to take over your package if it is out of date. This process is somewhat
informal in debian with some unwritten rules. One of the unwritten rules is that it is
considered inappropriate to "hijack" someone else's package. I think this is a
good rule and something we should consider.
This area is sort of problematic in many respects. Hijacking someone's
package can suppress good work and good people. And it is quite
disrespectful.
On the other hand, there is that expectation that if person X provides a
package (through porting or through a fresh new package), then person X
has to provide free updates for the next 100 years. Not very respectful
either.
Bernd
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