[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] The future of the Application installer

[From: Ian Oliver]

In article <87pspczm9m.fsf at nokia.com>, Marius Vollmer wrote:
> It will very likely be
> implemented by canibalizing synaptic or some other existing graphical
> package manager.

Have you looked at what the Ubuntu guys are doing? They want to have a 
cross between synaptic, their current "Application Install", and 
gnomefiles.org   The main aim is for people to be able to see better 
descriptions, screenshots and user reviews before they choose to 
install.

Ian