Thread: [Council] Should Tech Staff and/or Council Remove Dangerous Packages From Extras and Extras-Testing?
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Hurrian is offline Hurrian
2013-04-02 , 08:03
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#38
Originally Posted by reinob View Post
The problem here is that unstable packages (e.g. speedpatch and batterypatch) have passed extras-testing and are now considered stable, i.e. in extras.
According to un-scientific "testing" (lol) from TMO forum members who want a quick boost, it "works".

And technically, that qualifies it for Maemo.org extras.

I think that one solution to this problem is an "extras-labs" repository for packages that interfere with Maemo core system components.

Advertise the extras-labs repo as a place where packages could blow up your device without following directions to the letter.

If a package in -devel doesn't move to extras even if a sufficient number of users (note, that was the point of the voting system in the first place) call it stable, what's the point?
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