On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 06:38:03AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > > At the end-user level I think Debian has a logical flaw.
You are assuming all end-users are equal. > It presumes that all software is always available in a repository > (be it FOSS/proprietary, trusted/untrusted, whatever distinction). Correct, how do you expect Debian to know about software that isn't in a repository? > Yesterday I found a program (in beta) whose functional writeup was > interesting. In the latest revision a deb package was added to the > previously available formats. I downloaded the package with my > Windows machine (it was available at the instant). Right, and you authenticated it how? > I now have a deb > package on a flash drive which Debian can read but has no built-in > convenient method to install. What is inconvenient with "dpkg -i doubtfulpackage.deb" -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130122155206.GB23578@tal
