Task:Maemo Community distribution
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A community-provided distribution of Maemo.
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Goals
Provide a community distribution less encumbered by Nokia's corporate policies, more flexible in its packaging of OS files, and bundling community software versions.
Tasks
To get to a workable distribution, we first need to consider a number of problems.
Sort out a repository
It would be preferable to simply distribute all packages in Extras, but this adds complexity and may simply be impossible to do cleanly. The next option is to use a separate repository either on repository.maemo.org or a 3rd party repository somewhere else.
osso-software-version-community
We need to provide a community version of osso-software-version that has a modified dependencies list that provides the community distribution.
Add
- advanced-backlight
- To replace sound and brightness by default.
- bootmenu
- For multiboot and USB recovery.
- e2fsprogs
- For handling ext2/3 filesystems.
Remove
- gizmo-installer
- Remove proprietary advertising.
- rhapsody-installer
- Remove proprietary advertising.
- skype-installer
- Remove proprietary advertising.
Modify =
- hildon-status-bar-display
- Remove from statusbar by default in favor of Advanced Backlight.
- osso-statusbar-presence
- Non-mandatory .desktop file
- osso-statusbar-sound
- Remove from statusbar by default in favor of Advanced Backlight.
- preinstalled-documentation-rx34/rx44
- Move to its own package.
- preinstalled-images
- Move to its own package.
- preinstalled-sounds
- Move to its own package.
- preinstalled-videos
- Move to its own package.