My main message is that much time ago other people thought about similar problems, and let's apply well known schemas.
Another solution could be to have a "stable" repository as default in extenstions.gnome.org and "testing" for extenstions and versions pending of admission. This stable/testing way should allow inmediate publishing and some impatience users had the possibility to get latest materials. El 16/05/15 a les 13:47, Florian Pelz ha escrit: > On 05/16/2015 12:38 PM, Narcis Garcia wrote: >> About PPA: >> OS distributions have central packages repository; PPA are useful as >> third-party packages and alternatives. >> >> PPAs makes easier to people for publishing software without some of the >> difficulties there are in central repositories. This "main and secondary >> places" allows projects to publish more updated packages than >> distribution (central) provides itself. >> > > tl;dr: A central repository is useful. If there is a central repository, > it should be reviewed. > > An extension developer can already publish the extension elsewhere; the > user just needs to copy the files manually to > ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions. (Afaik other websites cannot use > the GNOME plug-in for easy installation, but I may be wrong.) Package > manager packages can be published to install the extension in a more > natural way. > > However, if an ordinary user wants to try some extensions, the place to > go should be a central, integrated and easily accessible repository or > the user's default package manager repositories. Both need review from > GNOME or distribution maintainers. Users should not have to search the > web and download software from dubious places. > > Now, I may not be the right person to comment on these issues since I > neither review nor currently use extensions. But I see Windows users > google for software they've heard about without thinking about whether > the place they download from is trustworthy. I don't want this to become > a habit of free software users as well. > > > > _______________________________________________ > gnome-shell-list mailing list > gnome-shell-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list > _______________________________________________ gnome-shell-list mailing list gnome-shell-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list
