Requirement doesnt mean that you can leave it because you think it is stupid!
The QA checklist is there to provide a standard for extras as we expect maemo users not to be linux geeks! I for one would force more than just the things on the list... and change things in procedure. pushing from testing to extras would never be automagical. extras packages would need a bugs.maemo entry a changelog a proper description and last but not least a usability test. (yes I am crazy, but I do QM and QA for a living and have to be like that)