Package repository discussion

[Dan Kegel]

Ubuntu is having a meeting next week to discuss
how to more easily grant users access to third
party repositories (like wine's, perhaps).

I've got a meeting wiki up at
 http://wiki.winehq.org/TrustingThirdPartyRepositories
It already lists the big issues that need discussing.
If you're interested in the topic, please have a look and put your two cents in!
- Dan

[Marcus Meissner]

On Thu, Dec 04, 2008 at 05:45:21AM -0800, Dan Kegel wrote:
> Ubuntu is having a meeting next week to discuss
> how to more easily grant users access to third
> party repositories (like wine's, perhaps).
>
> I've got a meeting wiki up at
>  http://wiki.winehq.org/TrustingThirdPartyRepositories
> It already lists the big issues that need discussing.
> If you're interested in the topic, please have a look and put your two cents in!

Well, openSUSE 11.0/11.1 use a remote hosted XML file which provides
a list of repositories for addition, and also single-click "YMP" files
for very easy repository addition.

This XML list includes my Emulators:Wine repository on the openSUSE
buildservice for instance.

So perhaps they should look at and evaluate how openSUSE does it ;)

As for the points listed, we sometimes adopt a "do not care" attitude,
because, well, users do not want it to be overdesigned or just don't
care.

Ciao, Marcus

[Dan Kegel]

On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 5:55 AM, Marcus Meissner  wrote:
> > http://wiki.winehq.org/TrustingThirdPartyRepositories
>
> Well, openSUSE 11.0/11.1 use a remote hosted XML file which provides
> a list of repositories for addition, and also single-click "YMP" files
> for very easy repository addition.
>
> This XML list includes my Emulators:Wine repository on the openSUSE
> buildservice for instance.
>
> So perhaps they should look at and evaluate how openSUSE does it ;)

I'm very aware of the YMP / OneClickInstall stuff, and it will be discussed.
I already have an indirect link to it, maybe I'll add a direct one, too.
> As for the points listed, we sometimes adopt a "do not care" attitude,
> because, well, users do not want it to be overdesigned or just don't
> care.

Users don't care about security and dll hell until it bites them, either.

[Scott Ritchie]

Dan Kegel wrote:
> Ubuntu is having a meeting next week to discuss
> how to more easily grant users access to third
> party repositories (like wine's, perhaps).
>
> I've got a meeting wiki up at
>  http://wiki.winehq.org/TrustingThirdPartyRepositories
> It already lists the big issues that need discussing.
> If you're interested in the topic, please have a look and put your two cents in!
> - Dan

I'll be there.  I proposed a similar thing that never quite happened
last year (ThirdPartyApt), but only because I didn't really have time to
write the actual code.

Thanks,
Scott Ritchie

[Dan Kegel]

On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 4:01 PM, Scott Ritchie  wrote:
> I'll be there.  I proposed a similar thing that never quite happened
> last year (ThirdPartyApt), but only because I didn't really have time to
> write the actual code.

Yeah, saw that.  I guess I should link to it.

See you there!

[Tom Wickline]

Well maybe you will want to fix the 8.04 debs so they will actually
install for people before you tell everyone to come and get them.

The debs that you provide have a unresolved dependency.

Also from the download page: http://www.lamalennyrepo.altervista.org/binary.php
is a 404

Tom

On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 7:01 PM, Scott Ritchie  wrote:
> Dan Kegel wrote:
> > Ubuntu is having a meeting next week to discuss
> > how to more easily grant users access to third
> > party repositories (like wine's, perhaps).
> >
> > I've got a meeting wiki up at
> >  http://wiki.winehq.org/TrustingThirdPartyRepositories
> > It already lists the big issues that need discussing.
> > If you're interested in the topic, please have a look and put your two cents in!
> > - Dan
>
> I'll be there.  I proposed a similar thing that never quite happened
> last year (ThirdPartyApt), but only because I didn't really have time to
> write the actual code.
>
> Thanks,
> Scott Ritchie

[Scott Ritchie]

Tom Wickline wrote:
> Well maybe you will want to fix the 8.04 debs so they will actually
> install for people before you tell everyone to come and get them.
>
> The debs that you provide have a unresolved dependency.

Could you clarify?  I'm not aware of any installation-critical bugs in
the 8.04 packages.
> Also from the download page: http://www.lamalennyrepo.altervista.org/binary.php
> is a 404

Which download page is this?  I've never seen this site before.

Thanks,
Scott Ritchie

[Tom Wickline]

On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 4:51 PM, Scott Ritchie  wrote:
> Tom Wickline wrote:
> > Well maybe you will want to fix the 8.04 debs so they will actually
> > install for people before you tell everyone to come and get them.
> >
> > The debs that you provide have a unresolved dependency.
>
> Could you clarify?  I'm not aware of any installation-critical bugs in
> the 8.04 packages.

ok ill re test the older bulds again.
> > Also from the download page: http://www.lamalennyrepo.altervista.org/binary.php
> > is a 404
>
> Which download page is this?  I've never seen this site before.

from here: http://www.winehq.org/site/download-deblenny
but now its working, it was a 404 for a couple days.
> Thanks,
> Scott Ritchie