Re: Features Missing in Debian's Package Management System

2011-06-15 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 01:26:02AM +0430, Eliad Bagherzadegan wrote: > Hi, > > I'm not sure whether this is the appropriate mailing list for the subject or > not. If not, please let me know the right place for this discussion. debian-u...@lists.debian.org > There are a few features that wo

Re: Features Missing in Debian's Package Management System

2011-06-14 Thread Kevin Mark
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 01:26:02AM +0430, Eliad Bagherzadegan wrote: > * It can prioritize the packages based on there importance, how frequently > they > are used, possible security risks and manual configurations. http://packages.debian.org/lenny/debsecan > I would really appreciate any ideas

Re: Features Missing in Debian's Package Management System

2011-06-13 Thread Andrew O. Shadoura
Hello, On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 07:44:43 +0200 Gergely Nagy wrote: > >> You can do something like this using apt pinning. If you assign a > >> negative priority to a package, it will still be listed but apt > >> will refuse to install it. > > > >> For example, with the following stanza apt will refus

Re: Features Missing in Debian's Package Management System

2011-06-13 Thread Gergely Nagy
"Andrew O. Shadoura" writes: > On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:25:29 +0200 > Peter De Wachter wrote: > >> You can do something like this using apt pinning. If you assign a >> negative priority to a package, it will still be listed but apt will >> refuse to install it. > >> For example, with the following

Re: Features Missing in Debian's Package Management System

2011-06-13 Thread Andrew O. Shadoura
Hello, On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:25:29 +0200 Peter De Wachter wrote: > You can do something like this using apt pinning. If you assign a > negative priority to a package, it will still be listed but apt will > refuse to install it. > For example, with the following stanza apt will refuse to instal

Re: Features Missing in Debian's Package Management System

2011-06-13 Thread Peter De Wachter
Op Tue, 14 Jun 2011 01:26:02 +0430 schreef Eliad Bagherzadegan : > 2. The ability to ban certain packages and (possibly) there dependent > packages. So that they wouldn't show up in the package manager at all. You can do something like this using apt pinning. If you assign a negative priority to

Re: Features Missing in Debian's Package Management System

2011-06-13 Thread The Fungi
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 01:26:02AM +0430, Eliad Bagherzadegan wrote: [...] > This program should periodically check the bug tracking system for > bugs in installed packages and report to the system administrator. [...] While not necessarily a perfect match for the criteria you mention, you'll prob

Re: Features Missing in Debian's Package Management System

2011-06-13 Thread Jonathan Wiltshire
Hi, On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 01:26:02AM +0430, Eliad Bagherzadegan wrote: > I'm not sure whether this is the appropriate mailing list for the subject or > not. If not, please let me know the right place for this discussion. > > There are a few features that would probably improve Debian's package