George Deka george.deka at gmail.com
Mon Oct 24 00:11:38 CDT 2005


On 24/10/05, Matt Zimmerman <mdz at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> Would you like to:
>
> * Install the registered, supported Firefox 1.5b2 package from
> ubuntu-backports, or
>
> * Install the Firefox 1.5b2 .deb you just downloaded, which cannot be
> verified to come from a trusted source, at your own risk
>
> I think most users would opt for the former. Of course, this could change
> when the version numbers are not identical.
>
>
> Now i think there is an issue, if you are now prompting the user to
re-download the package, this question should be posed before the download
initiates.

The only difference from my way of doing it was it was going to force the
official version, only use the other version if the distro did not supply
it.
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