Ed Bartosh wrote: > On Mon, 2007-08-20 at 23:39 +0100, ext Neil MacLeod wrote: >>> Which device do you have? For N800 it's better to add bora, >>> so for Nokia 770 it's: >>> http://repository.maemo.org/extras >>> mistral >>> free non-free >>> >>> for N800 it's: >>> http://repository.maemo.org/extras >>> bora >>> free non-free >>> >>> And then update repositories in AM and you'll find both packages in >>> 'Communication' section. >>> >> Many thanks for changing the Section, however ssh still appears to be present in repository.maemo.org bora free with Section==user/net - should this package now be removed (however, see next comment). > It's in section net, not user/net as I can see. So it's not visible and installable from AM, right? > I though that it was the initial goal - to have it installable right from AM, without installing xterm and becomeroot. > Sorry if I misunderstood the point. > > Unfortunately I can't change bora repository anyway, so I decided to put > my packages into bora extras. It's not the same package as in bora as > you've probably seen. > >> Why do we need two ssh packages (a client package and a server package)? I realise that some users may want just client or server functionality, but aren't these the minority - is there any real advantage having two packages rather than the single package we have had up until now? I thought we were discussing just a change of Section name rather than a fundamental splitting of the current package. >> > You're right, it's for users who wants just client functionality. Server > depends on client anyway, so it's impossible to install just server. > I think it's not bad at all to have them splitted, no? I can see at > least one benefit - sshd will not be running all the time if I need only > client. > And, as I said, it's not the same package, the version and packaging are > different. I'm going to create garage project to maintain it. > Sorry yes, it's in net not user/net so is not visible - I install it using "apt-get install ssh"... now I have to install both packages (or I just install server and get client), and I can see end users installing the wrong package etc. so I'm not really sure it's worth having two packages when nobody seemed to have a problem with a single combined package in the past. Personally speaking I don't see much benefit to having only client installed, but others may disagree. Then again, maybe I'm worrying about nothing. :)
