The .debs are already in which repository? Who built them? If Ubuntu's repository, well, what have you solved then? They were already there.
On Wed, 2007-08-08 at 00:23 +0200, Krzysztof Lichota wrote: > Scott Kitterman napisał(a): > > OK, so for a Debian system, where do the.debs come from that One Click is > > needed for? > > The debs are already in repositories. It is about giving users easy > access to them. > > > This is the part that keeps confusing me. You seem to think if installing > > were just easier, people would install more stuff (probably true), but I > > think the real limiting factor is getting the stuff properly packaged. > > Try reading forum posts or the Scribus page I have mentioned > (http://www.scribus.net/index.php?name=Sections&req=viewarticle&artid=4&page=1). > They are full of descriptions how to add repository, how to add key, > etc. Repeated all over again. And in many cases they go to most common > denominator (modifying /etc/apt/sources.list and using apt-key in > console), because if they describe one application (like Synaptic), then > user might be using different (like Adept). > > Now imagine you are user who wants to install application. And he must > take so many difficult steps to achieve simple goal - installing > application. > > Or you are an application author which can either depend on his users to > know how to add repository, or he can create description how to do it > once again. > > This is the problem I am trying to solve. > > Krzysztof Lichota > -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
