On Sat, 2007-01-06 at 17:30 -0800, Constantine Evans wrote: > Perhaps it would be better to allow repositories to add an extra file > that would contain a title and description, and then use that > information? Such a method would require that repositories do extra work > to support it, but I expect that most safe repositories would do so.
This was my thought exactly. It would be fairly trivial to add a text file to the Apt repository that had a simple one-line description of the repository's contents (perhaps in multiple languages). Hell, it's not much more work than setting up the repository in the first place - I'd do it the next time I upload a Wine package. This also seems like a far more elegant approach than trying to maintain a config file of known repositories in the system somewhere. Such a file would either become quickly out of date or a pain to keep current - a change would require the repository owner contacting the maintainer of the config and then having him update it and then having the user download the update. Thanks, Scott Ritchie -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
