Fwd: "Download & Install" vs "Repositories & Synaptic" and the need for a new URI [Was: Re: Going forward [Re: Automatix?]]

[Jason Taylor]

> > This is similar to the way firefox treats extension installs, they
> > fail by default unless the domain is on a whitelist.  Then the user
> > must add to the white list before trying the install again.
>
> There aren't many complex interdependencies in a firefox install. A
> whole operating system, fine grained approach like debian and Ubuntu
> follow is going to take more sophistication.
Was referring to the whitelisting of sites/repos not the actuall install

ie the install should fail by default if the repo is not in the users
sources.list

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/aptgetinstallprotocol

Kiwi