its to make more people use repos (and by extension, extras), especially in combo with uploading the source so that even if the original dev ups and leaves (like we had with webkit-eal) the source is still there for others to pick up and continue with.

sure, its a noble intent. but as they say, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

and in this case, it seems to turn into some kind of support hell all to often...