Re: Easy third-party package installer for debian-based distributions

2005-09-18 Thread Sami Dalouche
out some links detailing how autopackage plans to integrate with apt/dpkg. Regards, Sami Dalouche Quoting Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > (Side note: What's this obsession with Joe User everyone has? If there's > something _you_ have a problem with when using Debian,

Re: Easy third-party package installer for debian-based distributions

2005-09-18 Thread Sami Dalouche
OK, may be an overkill. But what happens with your solution if skype depends on libskype, which is not available from debian's repository ?The user has to download several .debs in order to install a single software ? Sami Dalouche Quoting Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >

Re: Easy third-party package installer for debian-based distributions

2005-09-18 Thread Sami Dalouche
on this quite a while ago but I don't know what > happened, and of course, some people are concerned with the security of > this etc (altho I personally think its a good idea) > > Trent > > On Sun, Sep 18, 2005 at 10:47:24PM +0200, Sami Dalouche wrote: > > > &

Easy third-party package installer for debian-based distributions

2005-09-18 Thread Sami Dalouche
lly very useful at helping people at installing packages ? - What would be the hidden / additional requirements that I did not think of ? - If such hack was programmed, would Debian/Ubuntu/Others officially endorse this way of distributing packages ? Regards, Sami Dalouche -

RE: What do you wish for in an package manager?

2000-12-24 Thread Sami Dalouche
Hi guys, > > So my question is: What do you wish for in a package manager? > > I agree with Ethan. Start explaining why you want to reinvent the > wheel then we maybe has some ideas for things to do when you > reinventing for other reasons. If I had to change something in the Debian package mana