[Trisquel-devel] 'community' repository for user-contributed codes

[Andrew 'Leny' Lindley]

From: Salman Mohammadi <salman at ubuntu.ir>
Subject: [Trisquel-devel] 'community' repository for user-contributed codes
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2015 12:21:18 +0100

> Introducing a new repository for user-contributed codes seems to be
> necessary for keeping the stability of the distro.
> 
> We have some packages which have been imported from the Testing
> repository of Debian into the main repository of Trisquel as an LTS
> distro. [1-2] and some have been imported from PPAs [a-e] and some have
> been backported [A-C]
> 
> [1] electrum
> [2] zam-plugins
> 
> a = cabal-install
> b = eviacam
> c = filteraudio
> d = ghc
> e = handbare
> f = midori
> 
> A = gnome-orca
> B = red5
> C = wxmaxima
> 
> Having a more strict policy against importing these packages into the
> main repository will theoretically increase the stability of the distro
> but in practice some packages may function better by importing them into
> the repo.
> 
> All in all, it seems to be a good practice to not let user-contributed
> non-critical package helpers into the main repo but creating a new
> repository and name it as 'community' and put all those package helpers
> there. The end users must have the option to deactivate this repository
> in favor of a rock solid distro.

Agreed we need a 'community' suite as general principle.  However,
Midori is critical for Trisquel Mini and Gnome-Orca is critical for
disabled/blind users.  So they are core parts of the system and I
suspect it is intended they be PPA/backports.

Leny