Deb Installer for Dapper.

[Chris Peterman]

I concur on the point that making .debs able to "double click" install
would basically turn them into .exes, and introduce the spyware problem.
However you still need to input the password to install it. I think that
that little interruption in the "Click-Click-Click" process would make
at least some people thing about what they are about to install...

It would be a good idea to have it as an option that isn't enabled by
default (Much like the Universe and Multiverse repositories are right
now)

- Chris Peterman
 

On Sun, 2005-10-23 at 19:00 +0200, HC Brugmans wrote:
> 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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