On Sun, 27 May 2007 18:38:51 +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > John Pye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> It just strikes me that there is a level of automation that would be >> really pretty simple to implement: "click here to install the >> missing package". > > This makes the invalid assumption that the user who receives this > dialogue box is in a position to install software. That's not the case > in a great variety of use cases for Debian.
Exactly. You need a way to: - Download the files (with a GUI), - Check their signatures, - Store them somewhere (ideally where all users can share them, but without requiring users to trust each other), - Check for updates from time-to-time (ideally in the background). You can do this using Zero Install: http://0install.net/ -- Dr Thomas Leonard http://rox.sourceforge.net GPG: 9242 9807 C985 3C07 44A6 8B9A AE07 8280 59A5 3CC1 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
