> * Daniel James <dan...@64studio.com> schrieb: >> Hi Enrico, >> >> > just in case anyone might be interested: i've written a little >> > paper on the OSS-QM project, which aims to offload generic >> > package QM works from distros to a common place: >> > >> > http://www.metux.de/download/oss-qm-project-2010050101.pdf >> >> That is interesting, thanks! I think you might find some resistance from >> distros who wouldn't want an extra middleman between them and upstream. > > The isn't necessarily a middleman. It's primarily about a common > repository and ref naming structure. So, eg. you 64studio guys could > decide to maintain your own repos, and I just would let a little > bot fetch from there. > >> You might like to start by providing a new home for useful packages >> which have been orphaned upstream. > > Well, I'm right now maintaining packages I need. Some of them dont > even have an upstream repository, some of them also seem to be > quite dead. > > But: taking over dead projects is _not_ scope of oss-qm - that's > an orthogonal issue. Anyways, I'm willing to take maintenance of > other projects if I'm asked to. > >> There are so many different variables in package maintenance >> that you will probably find it easier to focus on one type of >> package to begin with. > > No, that would be an entirely different frontier. My scope (for oss-qm) > is to do QM/Fixing of *many* packages in a strictly-downstream (IOW: > frequently rebased onto upstream) fork and so close the gap between > upstreams and the dozens of distros. The idea behind oss-qm is that > individual distros shouldn't do everything on their own, but instead > collaborate (on per-package basis) in the common things (so also > doing generic instead of distro-specific fixes). >
I can see some value in this approach as there are now almost too many music and multimedia distros to choose from. A lot of the work is being replicated and with varying results. It makes the overall platform seem unstable and it must be frustrating for new users or users who don't want to spend time working on installation issues before they can start producing. > cu > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Enrico Weigelt, metux IT service -- http://www.metux.de/ > > phone: +49 36207 519931 email: weig...@metux.de > mobile: +49 151 27565287 icq: 210169427 skype: nekrad666 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Embedded-Linux / Portierung / Opensource-QM / Verteilte Systeme > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > 64studio-devel mailing list > 64studio-devel@lists.64studio.com > http://lists.64studio.com/mailman/listinfo/64studio-devel > _______________________________________________ 64studio-devel mailing list 64studio-devel@lists.64studio.com http://lists.64studio.com/mailman/listinfo/64studio-devel
