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#61
Originally Posted by Flandry View Post
Uh... that's great except there's currently no automated test for this. That's why it's on the list of things for testers to check...

Many of the things in the QA list could be automated, but it's easier to get people to test than to get them to write a testing app and test it. I'm sure that such code would be welcome, though.
Then what's the point of the two repositories. I thought an app in the developer repo had some sort of peer review before being promoted to the testing repo.
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Originally Posted by YoDude View Post
Then what's the point of the two repositories. I thought an app in the developer repo had some sort of peer review before being promoted to the testing repo.
I assumed -devel is for "release early, release often" for those comfortable with having to flash their N900s if, or more likely when, these go wrong. Once the developer is satisfied that his package is reasonably stable then it is moved to testing and then those who don't want bleading edge but are willing to have a little instability can find any major shop-stoppers before the rest of the world gets it.

Basically this is a variant of Debian, but leaving it up to the delevoper to promote to -testing and using voting to get from -testing, unlike Debian that uses severe bugs to handle migration from unstable to testing.
 

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#63
ok i have no problems in testing stuff out.. unless it bricks my phone

is it easy to flash it back and what risks are involved in flashing my n900
 
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Originally Posted by mysticrokks View Post
ok i have no problems in testing stuff out.. unless it bricks my phone

is it easy to flash it back and what risks are involved in flashing my n900
Apps in Extras-testing should be safe to install without any risks of bricking.
Flashing is easy and is done under 5 minutes.
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#65
http://maemo.org/packages/package_in.../0.6.7-0maemo/

this is required for Ur-Quan Masters game, which has enough votes already afaict. Works fine here. Please test.
 

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#66
Note by: this thread belongs to the "community" section.

There is *still* a major lack of active voters for extras-testing applications.

Extras-testing voting instructions are available here:

http://wiki.maemo.org/Extras-testing/QA_Checklist

If even a fraction of the active forum-goers would bother once a week to check through interesting applications in the QA testing list linked from the above page, apps would not have problems passing in 10 days if ready for extras.
 
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