Easy third-party package installer for debian-based distributions

2005-09-18 Thread Sami Dalouche
be the hidden / additional requirements that I did not think of ? - If such hack was programmed, would Debian/Ubuntu/Others officially endorse this way of distributing packages ? Regards, Sami Dalouche This message was sent using

Re: Easy third-party package installer for debian-based distributions

2005-09-18 Thread Sami Dalouche
, and of course, some people are concerned with the security of this etc (altho I personally think its a good idea) Trent On Sun, Sep 18, 2005 at 10:47:24PM +0200, Sami Dalouche wrote: Hi, I'm crossposting between debian-devel and ubuntu-devel, but maybe some other debian-based distributions may

Re: Easy third-party package installer for debian-based distributions

2005-09-18 Thread Sami Dalouche
OK, may be an overkill. But what happens with your solution if skype depends on libskype, which is not available from debian's repository ?The user has to download several .debs in order to install a single software ? Sami Dalouche Quoting Josselin Mouette [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Le dimanche 18

Re: Easy third-party package installer for debian-based distributions

2005-09-18 Thread Sami Dalouche
detailing how autopackage plans to integrate with apt/dpkg. Regards, Sami Dalouche Quoting Wouter Verhelst [EMAIL PROTECTED]: (Side note: What's this obsession with Joe User everyone has? If there's something _you_ have a problem with when using Debian, shoot. Otherwise, synaptic is very easy

RE: What do you wish for in an package manager?

2000-12-24 Thread Sami Dalouche
Hi guys, So my question is: What do you wish for in a package manager? I agree with Ethan. Start explaining why you want to reinvent the wheel then we maybe has some ideas for things to do when you reinventing for other reasons. If I had to change something in the Debian package manager,