> > > I know it's easier for the developer. But it's not easier for the > > user. Honestly, 1 developer < n users; and I say that sitting in both= > > camps. > > There are other good reasons to have a central repository but I > don't really buy the ease of use argument for the user. The end > user still has to enable the extras repository. It would be just > as easy for a user to install a meta package, maybe call it > "maemo-universe", which adds every single repository in the > universe to the sources list. For example, if it added all the > repositories listed at http://www.gronmayer.com/it/, the end-user > doesn't need to know the difference that n repositories were added > versus one. The meta package could automatically update as new > repositories are added/removed. > > Of course there are issues about trusting repositories, quality, > etc. but that isn't an issue really solved with the extras > repository unless some Nokia person is actually checking packages > submitted to extras (which I doubt). I would trust a > maemo-universe package with a repository list created by the > community just as much as a random package in extras. > _______________________________________________ > maemo-users mailing list > maemo-users at maemo.org > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users >
