There are a few things we need before we can consider making adding PPAs easy. First of all, we need an easy way to limit what packages can be upgraded/installed from that PPA. If you add a PPA because you want a set of fancy wallpapers, for instance, then that PPA should not be able to push a patched SSHd. It should only be able to add and update wallpapers. Nothing else. I think those kinds of PPAs are ticking bombs right now. How this should be done, I don't know.
The second thing we need, is a peer review system and vouchers for PPAs. This is also challenging, of course, because the majority is not always right. If the "peers" would give the PPA a good review because the wallpapers are nice, but didn't have a look at what packages it contains, install scripts, etc, then it would be better to not have a peer review at all. Perhaps only Ubuntu Members would get a vote, following the assumption that all members would know how important this is? So, no, there are too many unresolved issues to make adding PPAs a matter of simple point and clicks. This is why it was removed/hidden from apturl. Jo-Erlend Schinstad _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
