Proposing a New App Developer Upload Process

[Scott Kitterman]

On Wednesday, September 05, 2012 12:11:18 AM Emmet Hikory wrote:
>     For application developers who prefer standard locations, I don't see
> any reason we oughtn't simply add their packages to the repository with
> immediate backport: in addition to allowing application developers to put
> their files in any policy-compliant location, it automatically provides a
> safe upgrade path for users.  Even for software with release cycles that
> require significantly more frequent updates than typically provided by our
> release cycle, there are few barriers to keeping this updated in backports,
> and users who have installed from backports will remain with backports, so
> their most active and interested users may be expected to always have the
> latest version, while highly conservative users will be able to enjoy a
> consistent ABI during the life of a given release (although these users
> would need to wait for our next release before using the package).

+1.  I've never understood why there is resistance to this.

Scott K