Deb Installer for Dapper.

HC Brugmans hcbrugmans at gmail.com
Sun Oct 23 12:00:56 CDT 2005


Jeff Waugh wrote:
> <quote who="Evan Dandrea">
> 
>>I think this is the wrong idea. If in a future version of Ubuntu I can
>>click on any .deb on the web and get prompted to install it, we'll have
>>every problem with spyware that Microsoft currently faces.
> 
> 
> Interesting point - certainly more of a problem given that we don't have
> individual package signing.
> 
> - Jeff
> 

For the vast majority of packages universe should be enough, and I fully
agree with the pionts raised above.
But users won't ask a motu to put their favorite adult entertainment
dialer in universe.
It is better to provide these users a way to install this software in a
safeish way, rather than having them muck around, use autopackage, or
whatever.



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