Callum Lerwick <seg@xxxxxxxxxx>: > Only two things are needed: > > 1) A way to install RPMs from a web browser. (It seems we have this) > > 2) A way to tell pirut to install packages from a web browser. > > With these two things, a repo like Livna could easily make a page with > links like "Click here first to set up the Livna repository on your > system", and then a list of links like "Click here to install mp3 > support" "Click here to install closed-source nVidia 3D support." "Click > here to play DVDs". > > All you need is some kind of simple meta format, like the common > WinAmp .pls format, that tells pirut to install xorg-x11-drv-nvidia and > kmod-nvidia and whatnot. And perhaps include an ability to set a > "--enablerepo=livna" flag too, so if you don't have the livna repo > installed pirut can maybe give you some sane error like "Could not find > packages xxxx yyy, perhaps you should install the zzz repository." > > Then when someone gets on IRC and asks for nVidia support or MP3, you > can just point them at a URL that will tell them everything. This is the right direction to be thinking. Go, go, go! -- <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a> -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
