Proposal to streamline maemo repos. PLEASE give your feedback and concerns
If anyone can improve or shoot this down, then it is YOU.
Proposal:
1. To change the name of the "contrib" repository name to "extras"
Reasons
- "contrib" in traditional "debian" sense is used as a component
- "contrib" in debian sense is quite different and causes confusion.
In debian contrib is defined as
"Contrib: Packages in this area are freely licensed by the
copyright holder but depend on other software that is not free."
- If need be (community think a good idea and want to have it)
we can introduce "contrib" component in line with debian definition
inside "extra" repository like
deb http://repository.maemo.org/extra/ mistral free non-free
contrib
Impact to developers/contributors/users of contrib
- Currently configured repository in /etc/apt/sources.list would
have to
be changed
old : http://repository.maemo.org/contrib/ mistral free non-free
new : http://repository.maemo.org/extra/ mistral free non-free
- If developers have independent scripts or something depending on
"contrib"
those needs to be changed to use "extras" instead
- developers uploading to contrib should change their dput.cf to this:
[garage]
login = <your_garage_login_name>
fqdn = garage
method = scp
hash = md5
allow_unsigned_uploads = 0
incoming = /var/www/extras/incoming
2. To move python stuff and xterm kind of applications from current
maemo2.0 "free" TO,
free component in http://repository.maemo.org/extra/mistral/free
Reasons
- To streamline repository contents ("free") to include mostly
components
on the device and their development dependendencies
- maemo repo were designed to support SB development environment
and developer rootfs
Having apps and language binding stuff has prompted the use of
these repo for device
upgrade. Till we test and fix the repos to be safe for use with
device i.e test they dont
break the device due to device upgrade (read fix our packaging
wooes), take away
motivation from simple users to configure maemo/mistral
repository for apps.
Developers using sardine are assumed to know what they doing :)
- bring python and gtkmm (currently available in contrib repo) and
similar
other language and gtk language binding components to single
consolidated
repository "extra"
Impact
- same impacts as 1.
Best Regards
Devesh
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