On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 11:02:55PM +0100, Peter Robinson wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> > > If it were on me, I'd just ditch the XO bundle format and use > >> > > native packages for each distro. Some are already being > >> > > packaged, and the Python distutils are capable of producing rpms > >> > > and debs with the same ease of our current setup.py scripts. > >> > > >> > But then every child in Uruguay (plus other deployments that withhold > >> > root from their users) would hate you 'cause they wouldn't be able to > >> > install activities anymore. A solution that results in a significant > >> > percentage of Sugar's users not being able to download activities > >> > anymore is not a solution. > >> > > >> > If we could switch to .rpm *and* find a good way to install .rpms > >> > without being root, though, that would be pretty compelling. > >> > >> Its called PackageKit :-) See discussions from previously... > > > > Which discussion pointed out how PackageKit could install different > > rpms for different users? > > Do you mean different versions of Write for different users? Or one > person on a machine have access to Write and another person not to > have access to it?
Well I meant precisely what I said (sorry to be pedantic). If one replaces "rpms" with "XO bundles", it's what we have now, and what I think's being proposed to be replaced with rpm/PackageKit. "Different versions of Write for different users" seems to be an example, yeah. > Peter Martin
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