[packagekit] FOSScamp discussion notes

[Richard Hughes]

On Fri, 2008-05-23 at 11:30 +0200, Sebastian Heinlein wrote:
> In Ubuntu apt url was introduced. If you click on an url e.g.
> apt://packagekit an installer will start and install packagekit from
> the Ubuntu repositories.

Yes I like that too. I think that could be extended like I've said in
the past to "click this link to install everything you need to get
started hacking evince" which would pull in all the deps and packages in
a cross distro way.

> Allowing to easily add third party repositories and install third
> party software without a certification infrastructure is like opening
> the gates to hell. Most user just don't have got the technical
> understanding to handle this well.

I totally agree.

Richard.