"ext Kees Jongenburger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think the .install system should follow such guidelines > [...] > -not allow booth the repository name and location to be changed > separately(security)
Security is an important issue, but I am not trying to address it right now. > -I should be able to click a .install file and I should be presented > with a list of proposed changes. This is being done already. > -Should really not contain "relative" path and other vague fields that > are hard to test Yeah, that part was not well thought out. > -Should have a "uninstall", I was not happy that when I removed canola > a lot of different canola bases packages remained on the system (this > is a debian problem) If you use the AM exclusively, it should remove non-visible packages as well when you remove the visible package that brought them in in the first place. I have not tried Canola myself, so maybe there is a bug somewhere. > in other words , what is the problem with the current .install > format? I want to use .install files in more situations: for backing up / restoring the list of installed applications, when delivering software on a memory card, and maybe to control updates to the system software. _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
