Re: [GNU-linux-libre] gnome-app-install

[Karl Goetz]

On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:28:02 -0500
Brett Smith <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Thu, 2009-11-19 at 12:44 -0500, Brett Smith wrote:
> > Unfortunately, I think so.  I just ran gnome-app-install on a deltaH
> > box, and through there, I was able to find some of the other
> > software that's on the blacklist, like Ubufox and blobwars.
> > gnome-app-install wasn't always able to install those packages, but
> > I think to be on the safe side we need to make sure they never show
> > up to begin with.  And I think the safest way to do that is to
> > prepare a new app-install-data package that doesn't
> > include .desktop files for programs that shouldn't be in an
> > endorsed distribution.
> 
> I think I just had an epiphany and can explain this in a lot more
> detail now.  :)

> There are lots of possible ways to solve this problem.  Right now, I
> feel like the best solution would be to release a new app-install-data
> package every time a package gets removed -- that goes as far as
> possible toward making sure that a user doesn't see software they
> didn't sign up for in gnome-app-install.  But I think there are lots
> of other alternative solutions that would be fine too if that's too
> hard for some reason.

While still rather ugly, I'd suggest a metapackage that gets updated
each time. g-a-i on its own is 2mb. A metapackage would be a few kb.
kk

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Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS)
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