[packagekit] Suggestion

[Sebastian Heinlein]

Am Donnerstag, den 07.02.2008, 17:46 +0000 schrieb Richard Hughes:
> On Wed, 2008-02-06 at 13:17 +0100, Pedro Macanás wrote:
> > I suggest create something similar to apt-zip, to update Linux
> > packages (in a computer without Internet connection) using a Windows
> > computer with Internet access. It could include: apt-zip or similar
> > program, Cygwin packages (to execute the program in Windows ) and Wget
> > (to download the package). 
> 
> What's the use case for this? Someone setting up a Linux computer and
> needing to download some sort of driver to get online? Or for a Linux
> computer that is never connected to the Internet to get updates?

Some people use wifi based routers for their Internet connection, e.g.
from D-Link. But not all USB and PCI WIFI devices are well supported.
But new users that perhaps only want to give Linux a try won't always
buy new hardware in the first run.

A second use case are users with slow Internet connection. There are a
lot of areas in Germany where you only get an ISDN or modem based
connection. It is a pain for those users to download new software at
home and so many download the packages at work.

Synaptic has got a download script creation feature. It creates a
script / batch file that could be executed in Windows if wget is
installed in the same folder.

Another Linux based alternative is apt-on-cd. It allows to create cd rom
repositories easily.

> If it's the later, I think some sort of integration with a "service
> pack" type CD would be useful, but only when we've identified valid use
> cases and sane interactions for this. Try not to think about what the
> tools can (or could) do, think about what the user is trying to achieve.
> Ideas welcome.

Michael Vogt worked on add-on cds for Ubuntu. Perhaps it is worth a
chat.

Cheers,

Sebastian
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