I agree with Dylan. Valve is not likely to package their games because their purpose if I understand well is to make Steam a multi-plateform distribution software. I think that Ubuntu Software Center could only integrate their list of software to ease and centralize the search. But it would probably need cooperation from Valve and Desura.
2012/8/22 Dylan McCall <dylanmcc...@gmail.com> > On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 11:00 PM, David Klasinc <bigwh...@lubica.net> > wrote: > > Implementation wise, I think the best way would be if PPA system can be > > extended to offer necessary support for selling software. This way Steam, > > Desura and alike could offer a simple PPA. PlayOnLinux could probably do > > this already. > > > > Regards, > > David > > I'm happy to be proven wrong, but I think there is about a 0.1% chance > of Steam using a Debian package repository to install Linux software. > Their system is known for quickly and immediately updating games, as > soon as updates appear. This is very important to keep them in sync > with other players. Apt and dpkg don't offer that for free, and I > can't think of a practical reason beyond that for Valve to bother with > packaging everything when it can just be shipped in a standard format: > 'here are the game files: put them $somewhere'. > > The best we can do is anticipate that and think about software > installation in a world where some common applications manage the job > outside of Debian's tutelage. People use and like Desura (and likely > will Steam) and SC won't be replacing them, but maybe, with some very > simple common interfaces, it can augment them in a way that makes > sense. > > Dylan > > -- > 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 > -- Nicolas MICHEL
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