On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 5:11 PM, SMC.Collins <smc.collins@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > looking at the situation today and they ever increasing amount of ported > applications. If some system is not put into place now, it will be far > harder to untangle later and be met with much much greater resistance. I'm not sure that's true... Why can't people in the community simply push back on the developers to improve their software incrementally? Eventually, I imagine there will be some kind of official "repository" (perhaps managed by Haikuware, who knows) where apps meeting certain criteria can be hosted and distributed easily to Haiku users with a simple interface... When something like that becomes available, I would expect that is the time to start setting the guidelines. In the meantime, I don't see why Haikuware shouldn't start setting their own guidelines for software hosting... wouldn't that make the most sense at this point? Setting the bar high enough that developers must meet certain criteria to benefit from Haikuware's hosting service? Basically what I'm suggesting is: the Haiku Project developers themselves seem to be a little bit busy trying to finish an operating system right now - so if someone wants to build a community of good, working software applications, I think the onus should be on this community of developers to make sure their applications are of high quality. Maybe throw some requirements out to slow down developers from releasing absolute crap/half-assed ports for users to deal with. - Urias