I'm not sure if making it easy for developers is the point here. Maemo.org has a repository where new developers can play and learn and needn't care at all about good packaging practices.

The whole point of having -devel, -testing and then Extras is that Extras should be a high quality repo that makes it easy for users (and power users who report bugs), not primarily for developers. (It's not all that difficult for developers, though.)

I expect developers who go all the way from -testing to Extras to be serious enough about their projects and their involvement with the community that registering an account @bugzilla and learning how to use the system isn't too much for them.

I'm just very sad how many developers (good developers of useful application) just seem to insist on not following the rules. When I find a project I would love to see in Extras, I cannot vote it up because it's just not "ready". I don't know why devs do something like that, even if you tell them how to correct the problem easily.