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Re: 3rd party app ppa

 

I agree with Mario that we need to solve this ASAP. However I also agree with Cody that we can't be responsible for packaging. We need to figure out an app submission process that puts the responsibility on these 3rd parties

Best Regards,
Daniel Foré

El abr 6, 2013, a las 6:20 a.m., Mario Guerriero <mefrio.g@xxxxxxxxx> escribió:

> We should only create a ppa and put some rules for it. Every 3rd party developer who wants his app in this ppa should email one of us and then we will review the app quality and approve/disapprove its adding. That's all.
> 
> Il sab, apr 6, 2013 at 3:18 ,Sergey Shnatsel Davidoff <sergey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ha scritto:
>> I've foreseen it and registered a blueprint about it a long time ago: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/elementaryos/+spec/non-official-ppas
>> Sadly, all my attempts to implement it were futile. Good luck with that.
>> 
>> 
>> 2013/4/6 Cody Garver <cody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> I wrote almost every third party's debian packaging so that would be me maintaining that. I'm up for it, it's just possible it could get out of control.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 8:00 AM, Mario Guerriero <mefrio.g@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> Cody I mean that every third party developer should be able to put his apps in one of our ppa just asking us. We don't have to maintain anything. They must have care of them own stuffs.
>>>> 
>>>> Il sab, apr 6, 2013 at 2:57 ,Cody Garver <cody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ha scritto:
>>>> 
>>>>> We need to figure out someway to showcase them, but my opinion is that we already have too much to maintain without taking on third parties.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 7:49 AM, Mario Guerriero <mefrio.g@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 3rd party apps which follow elementary style are popping up like mushrooms in the last period. The community developed a lot of awesome applications like Birdie, Foto, Agenda and many others. 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> My idea is to put all of them in one ppa, owned by elementary-os launchpad team, in order to have them in only one place. In this way I would be able to have a better platform where get elementary apps to sponsor in AppCenter.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Moreover a bigger range of users and testers would encourage developers to build an elementary app.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>> Mario
>>>>>> 
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