[Bug 57120] Re: installing some applications on Ubuntu requires adding external repositories

2006-08-21 Thread Vassilis Pandis
Hi. Thanks for taking the time to report this. However: 1. Use of automatix is discouraged. It hasn't been left out of the repositories by accident. It is known to break systems and has done so in the past. 2. Random people are not, and should not be allowed to upload packages in the repositories

[Bug 57120] Re: installing some applications on Ubuntu requires adding external repositories

2006-08-21 Thread Bogdan Butnaru
1) That's two problems then :) (a) I had no idea it was discouraged, despite the fact that I tend to read documentation a lot. (When I can find it, see [Bug 57116] :) (b) I don't know if we have anything in the repositories that's analogue to the Automatix thing. (Like a "common-universe"

[Bug 57120] Re: installing some applications on Ubuntu requires adding external repositories

2006-08-21 Thread Vassilis Pandis
Hi again. It is intentional that Automatix is not in the repos. Besides the fact that no problem-free "automatix"-like tool has been written (EasyUbuntu has similar problems), it could be considered risky legally (I don't remember the exact legal term for it). I'm quite positive that this has been

[Bug 57120] Re: installing some applications on Ubuntu requires adding external repositories

2006-08-21 Thread Vassilis Pandis
Hi. Thanks for taking the time to report this. However: 1. Use of automatix is discouraged. It hasn't been left out of the repositories by accident. It is known to break systems and has done so in the past. 2. Random people are not, and should not be allowed to upload packages in the repositories

[Bug 57120] Re: installing some applications on Ubuntu requires adding external repositories

2006-08-21 Thread Bogdan Butnaru
1) That's two problems then :) (a) I had no idea it was discouraged, despite the fact that I tend to read documentation a lot. (When I can find it, see [Bug 57116] :) (b) I don't know if we have anything in the repositories that's analogue to the Automatix thing. (Like a "common-universe"

[Bug 57120] Re: installing some applications on Ubuntu requires adding external repositories

2006-08-21 Thread Vassilis Pandis
Hi again. It is intentional that Automatix is not in the repos. Besides the fact that no problem-free "automatix"-like tool has been written (EasyUbuntu has similar problems), it could be considered risky legally (I don't remember the exact legal term for it). I'm quite positive that this has been

[Bug 57120] Re: installing some applications on Ubuntu requires adding external repositories

2006-08-21 Thread Vassilis Pandis
Hi. Thanks for taking the time to report this. However: 1. Use of automatix is discouraged. It hasn't been left out of the repositories by accident. It is known to break systems and has done so in the past. 2. Random people are not, and should not be allowed to upload packages in the repositories

[Bug 57120] Re: installing some applications on Ubuntu requires adding external repositories

2006-08-21 Thread Bogdan Butnaru
1) That's two problems then :) (a) I had no idea it was discouraged, despite the fact that I tend to read documentation a lot. (When I can find it, see [Bug 57116] :) (b) I don't know if we have anything in the repositories that's analogue to the Automatix thing. (Like a "common-universe"

[Bug 57120] Re: installing some applications on Ubuntu requires adding external repositories

2006-08-21 Thread Vassilis Pandis
Hi again. It is intentional that Automatix is not in the repos. Besides the fact that no problem-free "automatix"-like tool has been written (EasyUbuntu has similar problems), it could be considered risky legally (I don't remember the exact legal term for it). I'm quite positive that this has been

[Bug 57120] Re: installing some applications on Ubuntu requires adding external repositories

2006-08-21 Thread Vassilis Pandis
Hi. Thanks for taking the time to report this. However: 1. Use of automatix is discouraged. It hasn't been left out of the repositories by accident. It is known to break systems and has done so in the past. 2. Random people are not, and should not be allowed to upload packages in the repositories

[Bug 57120] Re: installing some applications on Ubuntu requires adding external repositories

2006-08-21 Thread Bogdan Butnaru
1) That's two problems then :) (a) I had no idea it was discouraged, despite the fact that I tend to read documentation a lot. (When I can find it, see [Bug 57116] :) (b) I don't know if we have anything in the repositories that's analogue to the Automatix thing. (Like a "common-universe"

[Bug 57120] Re: installing some applications on Ubuntu requires adding external repositories

2006-08-21 Thread Vassilis Pandis
Hi again. It is intentional that Automatix is not in the repos. Besides the fact that no problem-free "automatix"-like tool has been written (EasyUbuntu has similar problems), it could be considered risky legally (I don't remember the exact legal term for it). I'm quite positive that this has been

[Bug 57120] Re: installing some applications on Ubuntu requires adding external repositories

2006-08-21 Thread Vassilis Pandis
Hi. Thanks for taking the time to report this. However: 1. Use of automatix is discouraged. It hasn't been left out of the repositories by accident. It is known to break systems and has done so in the past. 2. Random people are not, and should not be allowed to upload packages in the repositories

[Bug 57120] Re: installing some applications on Ubuntu requires adding external repositories

2006-08-21 Thread Bogdan Butnaru
1) That's two problems then :) (a) I had no idea it was discouraged, despite the fact that I tend to read documentation a lot. (When I can find it, see [Bug 57116] :) (b) I don't know if we have anything in the repositories that's analogue to the Automatix thing. (Like a "common-universe"

[Bug 57120] Re: installing some applications on Ubuntu requires adding external repositories

2006-08-21 Thread Vassilis Pandis
Hi again. It is intentional that Automatix is not in the repos. Besides the fact that no problem-free "automatix"-like tool has been written (EasyUbuntu has similar problems), it could be considered risky legally (I don't remember the exact legal term for it). I'm quite positive that this has been

[Bug 57120] Re: installing some applications on Ubuntu requires adding external repositories

2006-08-21 Thread Vassilis Pandis
Hi. Thanks for taking the time to report this. However: 1. Use of automatix is discouraged. It hasn't been left out of the repositories by accident. It is known to break systems and has done so in the past. 2. Random people are not, and should not be allowed to upload packages in the repositories

[Bug 57120] Re: installing some applications on Ubuntu requires adding external repositories

2006-08-21 Thread Bogdan Butnaru
1) That's two problems then :) (a) I had no idea it was discouraged, despite the fact that I tend to read documentation a lot. (When I can find it, see [Bug 57116] :) (b) I don't know if we have anything in the repositories that's analogue to the Automatix thing. (Like a "common-universe"

[Bug 57120] Re: installing some applications on Ubuntu requires adding external repositories

2006-08-21 Thread Vassilis Pandis
Hi again. It is intentional that Automatix is not in the repos. Besides the fact that no problem-free "automatix"-like tool has been written (EasyUbuntu has similar problems), it could be considered risky legally (I don't remember the exact legal term for it). I'm quite positive that this has been