Hi: Even though I decided to contribute to the "Contrib" repository as a reviewer and indeed think there is a sproblem with the repository layout I still have a number of bad feelings, it smells bad for me, sorry! Im going to summarize what I think is wrong with this idea. From the organization point of view, it persist in the wrong way of seeing community contributors as "second class" citizens, that needs a separate repository, isolated from the main distribution, this is by far my biggest concern. Technically, it has mayor issues - No clear submission process - No security policies - No maintenance policies - No timeframe to get things done ( no, we cannot keep going forever, it would be impossible to test) - there is no QA team. - the contrib list does not show any noticeable activity - Due to the previous problems, It may become the "abandonware" repository. - No specific bugzilla component. - Possible many other "details" Im missing because Im not kinda the "process" kid on the block. No, things said here http://en.opensuse.org/Contrib are not enough ;-) So far, I fail to see this going anywhere and while I think the existance of this repository is fundamentally flawed Im still willing to help because it may provide us some lessons to learn the hard way before moving to a different approach. Any thoughts out there ? -- "A computer is like an Old Testament god, with a lot of rules and no mercy. " Cristian Rodríguez R. Platform/OpenSUSE - Core Services SUSE LINUX Products GmbH Research & Development http://www.opensuse.org/