[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] Some questions about MaemoMapper (or installing software in general)

[From: Daniel Stone]

On Fri, Nov 17, 2006 at 12:30:42PM +0200, ext Marius Vollmer wrote:
> "ext Carl Worth" <cworth at cworth.org> writes:
> > Or if they are, why isn't that repository configured by default in
> > the standard install?
> 
> We don't want to make it too easy for people to install all kinds of
> stuff that Nokia doesn't really control, yet.  It is too easy to hose
> your system completely when a bad package appears in the "Extras"
> repository, and we'd rather like that this happens only to people that
> are aware of the risks and that can help themselves.
> 
> It is very possible that the Application Catalogue on maemo.org (in
> its new, more friendly form) will be promoted more to 'normal
> consumers'.

Hm.  Maybe it's just me, but I don't really see the gap between the
application catalogue, and making these applications browsable by
default in the application installer.  Surely they're both just one
click away?

It doesn't have to be a complete free-for-all: the same amount of
control could be exerted over the repository, as over the catalogue.

(Disclaimer: Just me, nothing to do with this issue anyway, whatever.)

Cheers,
Daniel