[maemo-developers] Maemo 5 PR1.2 and Extras

[From: Attila Csipa]

On Wednesday 24 February 2010 17:25:20 Michael Cronenworth wrote:
> Dave Neary on 02/24/2010 10:01 AM wrote:
> > 1. New uploads get compiled with the new SDK, and get downloaded onto
> > phones with the old OS, where they don't work.
>
> How? The only way that could happen is if a power-user downloaded the
> file manually and attempted to use dpkg manually. This should be frowned
> upon.

.install files, which have been increasingly stated as the preferred method of 
installing software, also contain repository information. That's how Ovi 
works, that's how Maemo Select works, and that's how maemo.org/downloads 
works, so it's not unfathomable that users end up with the wrong 
repositories. 

Regard,
Attila