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Originally Posted by fms View Post
Well, honestly, I would forgive the Load applet, no screencasts is no big deal. The Nintendo wallpaper thing has been obvious from the first day, I have no idea why nobody at Nokia noticed it. The wallpapers were technically ok though, so they passed through the approval process. This leaves Radio FM messup. Not much in terms of problems.


I do not think there is anything you can do to increase the number of people testing stuff. "Power users" generally do not test and they do not vote. They just use, even if it means enabling potentially unsafe repositories. Making every voter go through a checklist just reduces the number of people who vote. People who do go through checklists appear to be a very special kind of people, more like career Wikipedia editors. These are rare and they are weird.

So, as you might have guessed, I am very skeptical on any "improvements" anyone is going to bring to the Extras vetting process. If anything, we need less enforcement, not more.
Amen. If those are the worst problems experienced lately after the dire warnings made over and over, I would say the current process is basically trouble-free. Except that programs that should be released to users haven't been. Since there is overprotection (a useful chess term!), some people have basically ignored the warnings. This is the same thing that happens when cigarette taxes get too high -- smuggling starts.

Whatever enhances the collaborative process between users and developers should be encouraged. Whatever discourages the collaborative process should be abandoned. Regulations should be minimized, and carefully chosen.The ultimate aim is NOT protection. The ultimate aim is fun or useful programs.
 

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