On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:32:34 -0400, Dustin Kirkland <email address hidden> wrote:
> We have some initiatives right now, trying to make it easier for
> people to get new applications into Ubuntu, and the Ubuntu Software
> Center. This is merely a 10-line, GPL'd shell script, and most
> developers agree on its usefulness. But the experience of giving this
> code away for the benefit of others is less than ideal. I'm happy to
> persevere, push it to the right place, do the right thing. But will
> the next aspiring developer who wants to share a small, useful hack
> bother themselves with the process?
Maybe as an Ubuntu core-dev you want to upload a useful-hacks package
and accept all contributions in this vein in to that?
On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 12:32:34 -0400, Dustin Kirkland <email address hidden> wrote:
> We have some initiatives right now, trying to make it easier for
> people to get new applications into Ubuntu, and the Ubuntu Software
> Center. This is merely a 10-line, GPL'd shell script, and most
> developers agree on its usefulness. But the experience of giving this
> code away for the benefit of others is less than ideal. I'm happy to
> persevere, push it to the right place, do the right thing. But will
> the next aspiring developer who wants to share a small, useful hack
> bother themselves with the process?
Maybe as an Ubuntu core-dev you want to upload a useful-hacks package
and accept all contributions in this vein in to that?
Thanks,
James