Yes, quite.

I did mean to imply that the system should be shut down entirely, only that a greater integration with maemo.org and Downloads/Garage should be sought to avoid fragmentation and prevent duplication of effort.

Leveraging the power of itT to help drive good software development is a fantastic idea, but this particular implementation was lacking, if only in its fragmentary nature.

There's a dead easy way to fix this (well, the technical side might get a little involved, but it's fairly straightforward otherwise), and that's integrating with maemo.org through some sort of syndication. Don't duplicate the effort and resources that have already been put into project hosting and tracking with Downloads and Garage, utilize them! Drop the hosting/tracking part of the itTSS system, replace it with maemo.org's system and keep the discussions. You end up with effectively the same system, but without the extra effort on the part of developers to keep things in sync.

For example, a Garage project (that has enabled itTSS integration—this may be something that should be optional, but details can be pounded out later) releases a new version over on Garage itTSS picks up the release and creates a thread (complete with release notes, a .install and a link back to the project page). Then users on itT will see it, download it and report bugs, criticisms, and kudos. Easy peasy.