On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 06:01:27 +0800, Thomas Goirand wrote: > My 2nd suggestion is coming from the Maemo platform (the OS behind > the Nokia n900 that is Debian based). In Maemo, there is a "devel" > repository that includes apps that aren't necessarily in good shape. The > users know that fact when they are adding the repository which contains > packages that are not necessarily as tested, and wont complain. I'm not sure I like this idea. Although I also sometimes install "inoffical packages", when I look at the packages with RC bugs I'm constantly suprised about the amount of low-quality packages we already have in the archive (when poor lintian has to emit page after page of errors and warnings ...). I understand that this new archive area would be "non-offical", but still my fear is that users won't distinguish and those packages would be considered as "Debian packages" and might have the risk of shedding a bad light on Debian quality. Cheers, gregor -- .''`. http://info.comodo.priv.at/ -- GPG key IDs: 0x8649AA06, 0x00F3CFE4 : :' : Debian GNU/Linux user, admin, & developer - http://www.debian.org/ `. `' Member of VIBE!AT & SPI, fellow of Free Software Foundation Europe `- NP: Schmetterlinge: Der Schuß von hinten
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