Hi Raphael, thanks for bringing us system-wide installation of dropbox! But isn't the description of nautilus-dropbox, "Dropbox integration for Nautilus", misleading? Somehow, "Downloads non-free binary blob from somewhere" could be mentioned.
I think the downloader functionality should be split out into dropbox- installer, as in http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise-updates/flashplugin- installer . And if dropbox releases a new version, an update for the package could be published that re-downloads the binary (as in flashplugin-installer). At the moment I'm really not sure what to do in an LTSP install. The weekly cronjob update is no good because it will sooner-or-later install a version that does not work and I won't even notice until I get bug reports from users. Letting each user download 32MB to his home (the Dropbox, Inc solution) also seems somewhat soboptimal, but the real problem is that window that pops up on first start (screenshot attaced). "In oder to use Dropbox, you must download the proprietary daemon." User: "Aha okay. Where can I download it? Should I head to http://www.dropbox.com/ ? What happens if I press ok?" BTW what is the "Don't show this again" for? If the user ticks this box it's game over for dropbox for ever? ** Attachment added: "In order to use Dropbox.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus-dropbox/+bug/909488/+attachment/3268637/+files/In%20order%20to%20use%20Dropbox.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/909488 Title: nautilus-dropbox forbids dropbox's non-free binaries to replace themselves by properly installing dropbox system-wide To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus-dropbox/+bug/909488/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
