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[Christian Dywan <christian@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Am 19.11.2011 09:22, schrieb Сергей:
> Regarding daily builds: they require existing Debian packaging, and I
> don't think it's a good idea to make the developer package their app,
> too.
> Division of labor produces better results, and since I don't have a
> monopoly for Debian packaging in elementary anymore (Mario Guerriero
> and Cody Garver package stuff very well), packaging shouldn't be a
> bottleneck.
I heavily second that. I've said it more than once. It is very rare for 
developers to package their own software. If a package is any good, 
packagers take care of it. Packagers have the benefit of more 
experience, routine and finding additional bugs. And it takes away 
development time.