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:Of course, a "source" package is just a package which can be extracted, a particular command run and a binary deb produced. There's nothing stopping closed source authors such as INDT producing a "source" package containing the binary files and a script to produce the binary deb. This'd satisfy the "only packages which can be built using the autobuilder" requirement ''and'' add an extra level of complexity to people wanting to use the maemo.org '''community''' repository for their closed source applications. --[[User:jaffa|Jaffa]] 18:59, 21 June 2008 (UTC) | :Of course, a "source" package is just a package which can be extracted, a particular command run and a binary deb produced. There's nothing stopping closed source authors such as INDT producing a "source" package containing the binary files and a script to produce the binary deb. This'd satisfy the "only packages which can be built using the autobuilder" requirement ''and'' add an extra level of complexity to people wanting to use the maemo.org '''community''' repository for their closed source applications. --[[User:jaffa|Jaffa]] 18:59, 21 June 2008 (UTC) | ||
::As a note aside, should we discusse now the possibility of having free & non-free sections (or universe / multiverse) for these 3rd party repository that today we call extras? I mean, imagine that one day Nokia packages are published as i.e. Main / Restricted. Is this on topic here?--[[User:qgil|qgil]] 19:11, 22 June 2008 (UTC) | ::As a note aside, should we discusse now the possibility of having free & non-free sections (or universe / multiverse) for these 3rd party repository that today we call extras? I mean, imagine that one day Nokia packages are published as i.e. Main / Restricted. Is this on topic here?--[[User:qgil|qgil]] 19:11, 22 June 2008 (UTC) | ||
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:::Wherever possible, I'm in favour of copying best practice. If it's good enough for Ubuntu to copy (and tweak) from Debian, it should be possible for us to copy from Ubuntu (and tweak). Having said that, until diablo's released (I put off installing the unreleased version), I think SSU is too much of a wildcard to make ''many'' decisions now. Are there any plans on Nokia's side as to the frequency of a release's in-life updates? Feature enhancements? Bug fixes? Security fixes? Or will SSU solely be used for big bang releases without having to reflash? --[[User:jaffa|Jaffa]] 19:21, 22 June 2008 (UTC) | :::Wherever possible, I'm in favour of copying best practice. If it's good enough for Ubuntu to copy (and tweak) from Debian, it should be possible for us to copy from Ubuntu (and tweak). Having said that, until diablo's released (I put off installing the unreleased version), I think SSU is too much of a wildcard to make ''many'' decisions now. Are there any plans on Nokia's side as to the frequency of a release's in-life updates? Feature enhancements? Bug fixes? Security fixes? Or will SSU solely be used for big bang releases without having to reflash? --[[User:jaffa|Jaffa]] 19:21, 22 June 2008 (UTC) | ||
::::What is the relation between having separate sections for free/non-free and frequency of updates? In any case I'm thinking more about the Fremantle timeline since Diablo is too soon to implement radical changes.--[[User:qgil|qgil]] 19:38, 22 June 2008 (UTC) | ::::What is the relation between having separate sections for free/non-free and frequency of updates? In any case I'm thinking more about the Fremantle timeline since Diablo is too soon to implement radical changes.--[[User:qgil|qgil]] 19:38, 22 June 2008 (UTC) | ||
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:::::If the frequency of updates is on the same order of magnitude of current "maemo Linux based OS" releases (i.e. a couple a year), carefully crafting the naming seems to me to be a monumental waste of effort. However, if a) there's going to be lots and lots and some careful differentiation is required; or there'll be many more Nokia self-installable apps released (or other, non-free apps in addition to the couple we've got already); the distinction may be worth investing in. Alternatively, I've got the wrong end of the stick. --[[User:jaffa|Jaffa]] 19:43, 22 June 2008 (UTC) | :::::If the frequency of updates is on the same order of magnitude of current "maemo Linux based OS" releases (i.e. a couple a year), carefully crafting the naming seems to me to be a monumental waste of effort. However, if a) there's going to be lots and lots and some careful differentiation is required; or there'll be many more Nokia self-installable apps released (or other, non-free apps in addition to the couple we've got already); the distinction may be worth investing in. Alternatively, I've got the wrong end of the stick. --[[User:jaffa|Jaffa]] 19:43, 22 June 2008 (UTC) | ||
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