On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 09:16:38AM -0400, Máirín Duffy wrote: > > > On 09/10/2015 08:40 AM, Stephen Gallagher wrote: > >One step in from that are the curated COPR repos. Specifically, those > >applications that are self-contained within their repository and do > >not alter any part of the platform. This is a good place to put > >software like Chromium, PyCharm or Darktable. Packages that aren't > >going to meet our strict guidelines (and don't really need to in order > >to be useful). In general, we'd want keep this to a small list of > >upstreams that are reasonably good at keeping themselves patched for > >security bugs, of course. > > If this is a "step in" from the randomness of the outermost copr repos, has > any consideration been given to them being enabled by default? I am > concerned that we're going to have some very valuable apps in this curated > copr space that are going to prove difficult for the very users who want to > use them most (less technical users trying out fedora perhaps for the first > time) to be able to get them installed. > > I'm guess still unclear on what the F23 darktable installation experience is > going to be like, I guess. Can anybody point to or a provide a write up > step-by-step of what that experience is going to look like? As I understand it, the installation experience is like this: * Darktable shows up in GNOME Software as other apps. * The user selects installation, and receives a notice that the application is not part of official Fedora repositories. (I don't know the current text.) When the user approves, the copr .repo definition is set to enabled=1. * From then on the user receives updates just as with other software. -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ The open source story continues to grow: http://opensource.com -- desktop mailing list desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop
