Hi, ext Andrew Flegg wrote: > On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 10:47 PM, tz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> This is a problem since there may be various enhancements which are >> part of an EXISTING interface. Consider media codecs like ogg >> support > > If an ogg support package instantly provides ogg capability in > existing media players, without any further configuration; no further > GUI is required and it can go directly in user/multimedia.
Problems should be solved properly, not with user unfriendly kludges. How "aunt Tilly" would know which codec package to install? For the media codecs, the device should detect that a currently unsupported codec is needed and ask user whether one should be downloaded. >> filesystems. Or for example I ported WebDav so I have >> access to my mac.com idisk from my tablet. I could write a trivial >> user/password popup, but that is the tail wagging the dog. > > No, it's not wagging the dog. If a user needs to open a terminal, > create a configuration file and run something from the command line; I > *strongly* believe it's outside the scope of the Application Manager. > > Since there's a requirement to use the terminal to configure it, it is > no extra step to require the user to use apt-get to install it. Agree. - Eero _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers