On 10/21/05, Devesh Kothari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ext Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri wrote: > > >On 10/20/05, Rodrigo Parra Novo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>On 10/20/05, Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > >>>We could have a package called "KernelConceptsRepository", that, when > >>>installed, it will just append your repository to apt/sources.list. > >>> > >>> > >> For security reasons, Application Installer runs under user > >>'install', so unfortunately (or fortunately :) ) it can't update > >>/etc/apt/sources.list. Also, as 'install' is an ordinary user, no > >>files installed with Application Installer can be suid root. > >> > >> > > > >Couldn't maemo have a "system service" (app) to do request a new > >mirror to be installed? > > Maybe the final version could have a few trusted sites and some PGP > >keys to protect users. > > Or we could have some central place to put free maemo applications, > >this would come in maemo platform and we can have a review board to > >make sure the package offers no danger to people's software/device. > > > > > > > > > We have been internally toying with similar idea (still in idea phase) > about "maemo ok" for applications, but we need more discussion > and thought on that together with maemo community.
I think a central repository is a sane idea, already sure to work in bigger projects, like debian, gentoo, fedora, ... Please go for it. -- Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri --------------------------------------- Computer Engineer 2001 - UNICAMP GPSL - Grupo Pro Software Livre Cell..: +55 (19) 9165 8010 Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 17249123 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype: gsbarbieri GPG: 0xB640E1A2 @ wwwkeys.pgp.net _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
