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= Maemo packaging policy proposals =

Current policy: [https://maemo.org/forrest-images/pdf/maemo-policy.pdf Version 0.23]

== Package sections (Policy section 2.2)==

Current section list seems to be confusing to both community developers and Nokia teams. All sections that were added by developers have been reviewed and this proposal is based on that result.

=== Proposed sections ===

{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"
! Key
! Example English i18n
! Example apps
|-
| user/desktop
| Desktop
| Home, statusbar and taskbar applets
|-
| user/development
| Programming
| py2deb
|-
| user/education
| Educational
| Flashcard apps
|-
| user/games
| Games
| Doom, Duke Nukem 3D
|-
| user/graphics
| Graphics
| Photo apps, GIMP, Inkscape, fonts
|-
| user/multimedia
| Multimedia ''or'' Sound & Video
| Canola, mplayer, Kagu, UKMP, MediaBox
|-
| user/navigation
| (Location &) Navigation
| maemo-mapper, Navit
|-
| user/network
| Internet & Networking
| Web browsers, Samba clients, OpenAFS, Transmission
|-
| user/office
| Office
| GPE, Claws, AbiWord
|-
| user/science
| Science
| gnuplot, Octave
|-
| user/system
| System
| rotation-support, enhanced kernels, themes
|-
| user/utilities
| Utilities ''or'' Accessories
| Calculators, terminals, text editors
|-
|}

== Proposed revisions ==

Section 2.2 currently reads:

{{quotation|The section of packages in the user segment SHOULD be one of the following: ''accessories, communication, games, multimedia, ofﬁce, other, programming, support, themes, tools''.<sup>3</sup> The sections in this list will appear correctly localized in the Application Manager.}}

Proposed revision:

{{quotation|The section of packages in the user segment SHOULD be one of the following: ''desktop, development, education, games, graphics, multimedia, navigation, network, office, science, system, utilities''.<sup>3</sup> The sections in this list will appear correctly localized in the Application Manager. If the package's section starts with "user/", but is not any of the above, the Application Manager will place them into an "Other" section.}}

Section B.3 Parallel option currently reads:

When this option has been added to the Debian policy, add link here to an
appropriate section. For now, see the discussion in the following Debian policy bug:
[http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=209008]

Proposal:

Possibly an quick explanation of the parallel option and a link to http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-source.html#s-debianrules-options or your own explanation.

Oh, and a note explaining -j *must* have a number or you'll kill the autobuilder with massive builds.

=== Discussion ===

* [http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail//maemo-developers/2008-October/035437.html Proposed] final list for Diablo
* [[Task:Package categories]]
* [http://communitizer.blogspot.com/2008/04/rfc-maemo-package-guidelines-mandatory.html Communitizer blog]
* [http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-developers/2008-April/033093.html Mandatory categories discussion]
* Bugzilla [https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3844 #3844] and [https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5055 #5055]

=== Related ===

The maemo.org policy checker, [http://wiki.maemo.org/Maemian maemian], will implement code to check incoming packages for their compliance with maemo policy. 
See http://wiki.maemo.org/Extras-testing#Maemian.2FMinimae_checks_after_builds for what maemian is currently checking.
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+= Maemo packaging policy proposals =
-The current [https://maemo.org/forrest-images/pdf/maemo-policy.pdf Maemo Packaging Policy] (version 0.23) needs to be changed in light of the revised list of [[Task:Package categories|valid package categories]].
+Current policy: [https://maemo.org/forrest-images/pdf/maemo-policy.pdf Version 0.23]
 == Package sections (Policy section 2.2)==
 Current section list seems to be confusing to both community developers and Nokia teams. All sections that were added by developers have been reviewed and this proposal is based on that result.
-=== Current sections ===
-* accessories
-* communication
-* games
-* multimedia
-* office
-* other
-* programming
-* support
-* themes
 === Proposed sections ===

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