On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:28:02 -0500 Brett Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-11-19 at 12:44 -0500, Brett Smith wrote: > > Unfortunately, I think so. I just ran gnome-app-install on a deltaH > > box, and through there, I was able to find some of the other > > software that's on the blacklist, like Ubufox and blobwars. > > gnome-app-install wasn't always able to install those packages, but > > I think to be on the safe side we need to make sure they never show > > up to begin with. And I think the safest way to do that is to > > prepare a new app-install-data package that doesn't > > include .desktop files for programs that shouldn't be in an > > endorsed distribution. > > I think I just had an epiphany and can explain this in a lot more > detail now. :) > There are lots of possible ways to solve this problem. Right now, I > feel like the best solution would be to release a new app-install-data > package every time a package gets removed -- that goes as far as > possible toward making sure that a user doesn't see software they > didn't sign up for in gnome-app-install. But I think there are lots > of other alternative solutions that would be fine too if that's too > hard for some reason. While still rather ugly, I'd suggest a metapackage that gets updated each time. g-a-i on its own is 2mb. A metapackage would be a few kb. kk -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS) Debian contributor / gNewSense Maintainer http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group
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