On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 2:37 PM, Remco remco47@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 11:06 PM, Dan Kegel dank@kegel.com wrote:
In fact, it's common practice for repos like rpmfusion.org to have a tiny package that just adds themselves to your software sources. (See http://rpmfusion.org/Configuration ) Scripts are right out, though. It has to be a package, because you can't run a script with a single mouse click.
The WineHQ-provided .deb and .rpm packages themselves could add the WineHQ repo as part of their installation routine. There is no need for a tiny separate package.
That's an attractive scenario, but I have run into violent objections from admins when I discuss it. They want the two operations separated out into separate packages; it's simply too surprising to have a simple package that installs an app *also* add a new repository.
Now, maybe Wine's a special case, and admins won't complain about it. But I wouldn't bet money on that. - Dan