Extras disabled by default:

- "Extras needs to proof itself"
- Not for sales start but candidate for the first maintenance release (but we can't share dates)
- Another factor to be taken into account is Ovi support (announced in the Summit to come "before the end of the year") and whether maemo.org developers can have their software distributed there (working on it but it's legally complex since Ovi doesn't accept individuals/hobbyists as for today (working on it).

In the meantime as you know we are trying to do our best helping to have QA process in places and many great apps in Extras.

The fact that Maemo Select puts top maemo.org apps next to well known commercial brands can be seen in the other way: a channel to get Extras visible and enabled anyway.

And also there is our assumption that Maemo 5 users will install more apps via recognized webs, using the "Application Manager" more in the strictu sensu of a tool to manage installed software and updates, less as a discovery tool (since it's a bit limited for that compared to full fledged web pages with user ratings, comments, etc.

If you want to discuss further about this please do it in the related bug report or a new thread since it departs from the topic of this one.