"ext andrei raevsky" <raevsky.andrei at gmail.com> writes: > [...] I want to tell you what bugs me so much and ask you whether > you found a way around the two issues which make me grind my teeth > and get gastric reflux. > > 1) OS updates and backups [...] > 2) Repositories: [...] I, too, was surprised and shocked when I figured out how much IT OS 2005 missed the boat in the beginning, and how long it takes us (Nokia) to catch up with it. But I am confident that we are going to catch up. I think the importance of 3rd party applications for the Internet Tablets is now visible to everyone, and the pain coming from the chaotic repository and compatibility situation is felt more and more. 'Something' needs to happen and will happen. We will try to provide OS updates via the Application Manager in the future, but it will take some iterations (and time) until that will work nicely for new major versions of the IT OS, I am afraid. I hope we can do these iterations publically. The Extras repository on maemo.org should in theory make all the rogue individual repositories unnecessary. I will include it in the default configuration of the Application Manager (but disabled). We need to establish some community-driven quality control for the Extras repository, I'd say, maybe by offering a Debian/Ubuntu-style 'unstable' and 'stable' versions.
