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Originally Posted by Reggie View Post
Krisse, right now as it stands, the plan is to syndicate with maemo.org. The project is on the wiki. It should still work and I think it can still use the same system to re-list apps and probably add additional features later on.

I think the main confusion had something to do with the terms "uploading" and "re-listing". I really meant re-listing apps (with upload option) with developer involvement but it seems like the consensus is to re-list (with no upload option) without developer involvement whatsoever, except for the discussion thread that it will automatically create.
Sounds good to me, so long as the phrase "re-list (with no upload option) without developer involvement" doesn't imply that other users can start listing applications that aren't (and should be) listed in Maemo Downloads. That is, I hope it just means programmatic (automatic) re-listing, not allowing other users to list things that aren't listed in Maemo Downloads.

I mean, certain things may be allowable, like themes, links to Flash websites, or game levels, but in my opinion those sorts of software should only be listed on ITTSS if they are not allowed in Maemo Downloads. And it sounds like Reggie is in communication with the maemo.org folks to allow all this type of software anyway. Assuming maemo.org allows everything that we need, then ITTSS shouldn't need a separate listing mechanism.

If maemo.org is not so flexible, then the danger, of course, is that such a mechanism would open the possibility of people only listing their applications on ITTSS. This should be avoided, either by not adding such a mechanism in the first place or by adding a warning on the ITTSS listing page that strenuously suggests that the would-be lister consider listing their application on Maemo Downloads instead.
 

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