I was asked about giving an update on the status of the appdownloader, what is planned in the near future or has been changed already. Besides the bugfixes and small enhancements, like saving the user-credentials, some bigger improvement-ideas came up during the summer. Most of it is in proto-type stage, but once implemented properly it might add some value to the application itself and the process of downloading and installing applications on Fremantle.
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Only few of you might know, that there is a cross reference tool for Maemo source code. Cross reference tool – what does that mean? It means that you can…
- browse throughout all the existing open source code of Diablo, Fremantle, Qt and more
- search by keywords in the code
- click and browse through references of functions, classes and parameters
All that is done with a consistent and intuitive UI. To understand, how powerful the tool really is, and how it can help you understanding parts of the platform, please visit http://mxr.maemo.org and try it out. Play a little bit around and let us know, what you think about it. The index for Fremantle is based on debian packages. A version for MeeGo, based on the sources in gitorious and rpm is being tested right now. Please follow further announcements on that, to be able to use it from the very beginning. For further questions don’t hesitate to ask “timeless” in the #maemo or #meego channel on IRC.
After a long discussion on how to proceed with the packaging policy for Fremantle, you can find the result as packaging guidelines in the maemo.org wiki. The idea is that this is the basis for further discussions, with the goal to smooth the extras-testing procedure and the development in general. The document should clarify the special requirements for the Maemo development, compared to Debian. To ensure some kind of review process, the page is not editable, but please use the discussion page in the wiki and the maemo.org developer mailing list, if you think that changes are needed. Your feedback is welcome and the basis for the further development of the guidelines. So, be active, have a look and join the discussion on the proposed channels.