Suggestion for Ubuntu

[Wouter Stomp]

On 11/9/06, Flavio Martins <xhaker at gmail.com> wrote:
> Maybe something like
>
> i.e: apt:// PACKAGE @ REPOSITORY & version=feisty & section=main
>
> If this becomes possible. I strongly suggest to enforce the notion of
> trust. Inform the user that he must be totally sure, educate the user
> about non-trusted repositories and possible breakage. This must be done
> right if done at all.
>

There is already a spec about this and it seems to be on the agenda at the uds:

https://features.launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/apt-get-install-protocol

Cheers,

Wouter