Having everything in Extras is great. Every now and then I browse the available apps from the application manager, and I won't spot any new apps that don't appear in Extras - I'd have to go and hunt for them on the web. Also, library conflicts are easier to debug when everything is in the same repository, and duplicate work (as mentioned above - two developers packaging the same library in different repositories) is avoided.

It would be helpful if in addition to the web-based "Extras Assistant" there is again the option of using "dput" to upload source packages to the autobuilder (that somehow disappeared, I think).

Also, when the Maemo-specific lintian is in place, can we have something like "try to import this package/library from Debian into the autobuilder" using a web form or something similiar that imports a package and all its dependencies given that every package is "Maemo lintian clean" (I can't remember the name of the Maemo Lintian tool). This would probably also increase developer interest in the Extras repository (hey, I don't have to package that library myself, but can copy it from Debian directly to extras).

The cool thing with Mer is that they have the Ubuntu repositories enabled, so lots of libraries and packages are already there for us to depend on / install.