[ubuntu-za] Getting the basics right - a reality bytes wishlist

[Walter Leibbrandt]

Hi,

Fredre Hattingh wrote:
> I agree. If I could magically create software that just works I would
> create a website that interfaces with the repository's. Each user can
> then register and select something like "I have a standard Ubuntu
> install" then search for an application to download and based on the
> users current install and previous downloads the website will get all
> the required packages zip them up and offer the user a download.
>   
Isn't that equivalent (at least partly) to what Synaptic's "Generate
package download script" feature (under the "File" menu) does?

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