[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] Announce: Applications for download available

[From: Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri]

On 10/21/05, Devesh Kothari <devesh.kothari at nokia.com> wrote:
> ext Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri wrote:
>
> >On 10/20/05, Rodrigo Parra Novo <rodarvus at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>On 10/20/05, Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri <barbieri at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>We could have a package called "KernelConceptsRepository", that, when
> >>>installed, it will just append your repository to apt/sources.list.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>   For security reasons, Application Installer runs under user
> >>'install', so unfortunately (or fortunately :) ) it can't update
> >>/etc/apt/sources.list. Also, as 'install' is an ordinary user, no
> >>files installed with Application Installer can be suid root.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Couldn't maemo have a "system service" (app) to do request a new
> >mirror to be installed?
> >   Maybe the final version could have a few trusted sites and some PGP
> >keys to protect users.
> >   Or we could have some central place to put free maemo applications,
> >this would come in maemo platform and we can have a review board to
> >make sure the package offers no danger to people's software/device.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> We have been internally toying with similar idea (still in idea phase)
> about "maemo ok" for applications, but we need more discussion
> and thought on that together with maemo community.

I think a central repository is a sane idea, already sure to work in
bigger projects, like debian, gentoo, fedora, ...
   Please go for it.

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