2009/11/1 Andrew Flegg <[email protected]>: > On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 11:35, Graham Cobb <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Sunday 01 November 2009 10:22:00 Andrew Flegg wrote: >>> >>> However, if it is clear to users what to expect when they install >>> those apps; and they don't recklessly reduce the capability of the >>> system, I don't think they're that bad. So, perhaps, OpenSSH Server >>> should have a clearer warning that the root password it forces you to >>> choose should be strong, as it will allow anyone to log in to your >>> tablet if it is online and they know the password. >> >> I agree with Andrew. These applications should be available to everyone. > > Cool. >
+1 (for the agreement part, not the coolness :) ) >> 1) There will end up being a LOT of command line utilities. Over time I >> would >> expect a lot of debian utilities to be ported. This will clutter up the >> Application Manager with things of interest to a tiny number of people. >> >> The medium term solution, I think, is to create a new category: user/advanced >> or user/command-line. > > I don't like this. If I'm looking for a port forwarder, I'm going to > look in user/network and, as an advanced user, I'm going to be happy > with a pretty GUI app or the command-line socat. > > This is probably where we should start looking at introducing debtags? > So, for example, socat would be in user/network but have a tag, > 'command-line'. We can then even add a setting to Application Manager > to show/hide command-line applications. > I would like to see this. 'socat' definitely belongs to user/network but is also a CLI utility (advanced). -- anidel _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
