Just a quickie while I'm writing a longer response: - maemo unstable repository. Let's talk about this, but it is a discussion that needs to be done with the developers and at a development level. The value of the distro relies on the use upstream and other third party developers would make of it. Users alone can try and test fresh software via partial releases, like we have done this week. The effort that implies to launch and maintain a distro is in a different magnitude, and I'm afraid this effort is not sustainable with power users alone. Let's move this discussion to an own thread in maemo-developers. - Improving extras repository. Maybe I'm wrong, but the process to get your packages in this repository is far less complex that the process you need to go through in order to get a similar access to the Debian or Ubuntu repos. Basically you need to get your .deb packages and .install files ready and you need to sound trustful when requesting upload permissions. The problem is probably elsewhere (you have made already some very good points) and we are happy investing time and resources fixing the problems i.e. providing more automation and integration between garage.m.o, extras repository and downloads.m.o. This is another discussion that needs to be held at a developer level, better at maemo-developers with own thread. Quim
