Re: Atlas proposal [and 1 more messages]

2010-08-26 Thread Ian Jackson
I wrote: > you like, checksums) of files more easily. If there were a standard > file registration scheme for files which were in the .deb's filesystem > archive, [...] I meant "weren't" Ian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@list

Re: Atlas proposal [and 1 more messages]

2010-08-26 Thread Ian Jackson
sean finney writes ("Re: Atlas proposal [and 1 more messages]"): > as an admin i'd be very annoyed by that behavior, because there's no way > for me to know what package the file came from then, or whether it was my > own accidental actions that led to it (i

Re: Atlas proposal [and 1 more messages]

2010-08-26 Thread sean finney
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 06:46:18PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > Goswin von Brederlow writes ("Re: Atlas proposal [and 1 more messages]"): > > Just dumping the compiled files into /usr/lib/ I find quite unacceptable > > too. > > No, it is absolutely fine and it is wh

Re: Atlas proposal [and 1 more messages]

2010-08-25 Thread Ian Jackson
Goswin von Brederlow writes ("Re: Atlas proposal [and 1 more messages]"): > Just dumping the compiled files into /usr/lib/ I find quite unacceptable > too. No, it is absolutely fine and it is what atlas-auto should do. It is a simple matter for its postinst and postrm to deal

Re: Atlas proposal [and 1 more messages]

2010-08-25 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Ian Jackson writes: > Goswin von Brederlow writes ("Re: Atlas proposal"): >> I also have a package "local-archive" that depends on reprepro, >> generates a local signing key on first install, adds that to the apt-get >> keyring and adds a file:/// url in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/. > > I think this

Re: Atlas proposal [and 1 more messages]

2010-08-25 Thread Ian Jackson
Goswin von Brederlow writes ("Re: Atlas proposal"): > I also have a package "local-archive" that depends on reprepro, > generates a local signing key on first install, adds that to the apt-get > keyring and adds a file:/// url in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/. I think this scheme is a very bad idea. I