On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 2:02 PM, tz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If the whole application manager apt-get dists debian system is going > to be so brittle that the only SAFE way to get an application on to > your system is with Application Manager in blue-pill mode, then there > should be a user/cli category or something. >
apt-get upgrade wont break your system if you're not fetching from every insane repository you can find. An apt-get dist-upgrade, on the other hand, will break things when it pulls in coreutils if you have the SDK repository enabled, but Nokia is very clear about that not being intended for the device. Red Pill and SDK repos are a misdirection, please leave them out of this discussion, as they aren't relevant here. The question is: Should console-only applications be sorted into a user/-prefix category? Yes, but the distinction should be between "root" and "non-root" packages. Stuff like SSH, nano, rootsh, zip/unzip, irssi, etc.--clearly user-oriented applications should appear in user/*, but stuff like bluez-utils-test, and developer-oriented stuff really shouldn't. Again, if you've got issues with the setup of the SDK repo, or your particular decisions regarding dependencies, then those are separate issues than whether certain system and CLI packages should be user-visible. Either get the Tools repo moved to Extras, or upload the dependencies you need yourself, but don't be user-hostile by trying to solve these issues breaking the categorization. _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
