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Originally Posted by SD69 View Post
Didn't we use the wiki last time for device applications and is there some reason we can't use it again this time?
What about this for the Nokia Store & Qt 5 activities, then:

* Submissions to be made in a wiki page at wiki.maemo.org.
* Additional thread in talk.maemo.org Developer forum open for questions, feedback, announcements, etc.

Since you mention it, how do you see porting community apps to the Nokia store or promoting Qt5 as helping maemo.org? Sure, device programs get attention but these two activities are focused on things a bit distant from maemo.org.
Out of my mind, others might find more connections:

Apps @ Nokia Store

* All maemo.org users with N9 / N950 have the Nokia Store client installed.
* Moving to the Store packages spread in forum threads and similar help getting more potential users for those apps.
* Entries at the Nokia Store may make a reference to maemo.org and link to support threads here, bringing new users.
* Going through the Nokia Store QA might help some apps getting better quality / polishing.

Besides, the Nokia Store (Ovi Store before) has been always on-topic here. We had lengthy discussions when it was hard to publish for individuals. There was a thread open recently when there were problems in the app intake. All that seemed natural, and I feel this proposal fitting here equally well. Even if "Nokia Store" is in the title the central point are community developers found here.

Qt 5

* Porting Qt 4 community apps to Qt 5 puts the current community in a path for the future. Not only at Nokia, also among other platforms upgrading / updopting Qt.
* Power users in the short term and perhaps regular maemo.org users in the future may also benefit from good Qt 5 support in the N9 / N950. In practice this could mean more & fresh apps coming in the future.
* Increasing the awareness of maemo.org and this cool forum full of potential betatesters among Qt developers can't be bad either. The regular maemo.org developers are aware of Qt Project and Qt DevNet but the other way around is less clear at this point. For instance, most QtonPi participants have probably never registered here.
 

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