Re: Signing apps on Google Play store

[Javier Jardón <jjardon gnome org>]

Hi all,

Sorry for the late replay, I was on holidays

On 2 September 2015 at 20:51, Cosimo Cecchi <cosimo cecchi gmail com> wrote:
> Hi Frederic,
>
> Thanks for your reply, please find some comments below.
>
> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 10:59 PM, Frederic Peters <fpeters gnome org> wrote:
> > I wouldn't want a Google account to be a required part for some of the
> > duties of the release team. (certainly I would fail that duty).
>
> To clarify, my request is mostly related to being the gate-keeper for the
> account and what goes in it.
> I can't think of a team that would be better suited for that, as we would
> effectively be releasing some software as GNOME.
>
> I'm also curious to understand your concern further.
>
> > Also, while all is well when maintainers are active (and I am sure
> > Ankit would be) the release team does have to build and release things
> > when they become inactive.
>
>
> I would not expect this to be the case here; if the maintainer loses
> interest in the app and no one else picks it up, I think it would be fine
> for us to drop it.

Even I understand the Fred concerns, I think r-t is the most
appropriate group to hold the ownership of such account.
And as Cosimo said, we can always drop the apps if the became not
active/unmaintained
I personally do not have any idea about how Android/Google Play works,
but I volunteer myself if we agree on this

Regards,
Javier Jardón