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I've been thinking of this quite a while and I thought that I should mention 
this idea to others now:)

what about a new unstable/incomplete/broken/immature/whatever repository for 
packages we really have'nt put any work in, or maybe the software is 
immature, or we have'nt really finished the package yet?

eg. I have a few packages lying around here that I never got to play much 
around with, or never really completed and therefore never uploaded to 
contrib.

a few cases:
a package has'nt been maintained for a while, it might not compile anymore, or 
maybe it just does'nt work for other reasons, move this one into the new 
repository

the software is'nt really mature, eg. like buchan said he had packaged slicker 
a while back, but did'nt feel like it was mature enough to be uploaded to 
contrib, put this one into the new repository so other people might get it, 
test it and help improve this one for contrib in the future

you've started on a package that needs a little more work than usual to be 
completed and you never got to finish it, put this one into the new 
repository so other people might continue on your work and benefit from your 
ideas

you made a package in a hurry, but is'nt able to test it yourself for some 
reason, put in the new repository so people can test it before it goes into 
contrib.

packages submitted by "untrusted" people, eg. people who have uploaded their 
stuff to ftp.linux-mandrake.com and the quality of the package really is'nt 
good enough for lenny to upload it, he could put it there if he did'nt feel 
like fixing it himself for the moment, also maybe the /incoming folder and 
mails to [EMAIL PROTECTED] could be made available to other 
contributors..

well, that was just a few of my ideas for this repository, I gotta go now:)
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Regards,
Per �yvind Karlsen
Sintrax Solutions
http://www.sintrax.net - +47 41681061
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