Re: This is how packaging should be done.
On Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 01:01:29PM +1200, Nick Phillips <nwp@nz.lemon-computing.com> was heard to say:
> On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 06:33:07AM -0700, Jeremiah Mahler wrote:
>
> > Not everyone is forced to use the packages contributed from the public.
> > There can still be packages approved by official developers. A user
> > could decide to only use the packages marked as approved and they would
> > be as safe as Debian is now.
>
> Um, so we bring potentially dodgy stuff onto a debian site. And you think
> users *read* the message that says "this stuff is not to be trusted", let
> alone *understand* it?
>
> As it stands now, people are free to provide repositories of extra or
> updated stuff for Debian systems. The fact that there is no such repository
> (at least not that I've heard of) that fits your description indicates to me
> that all the people who know enough to set one up also know that it would be
> a bad idea.
Actually, there's a list of unofficial repositories here:
http://www.internatif.org/bortzmeyer/debian/apt-sources/
(linked from, eg, Debian Planet)
Daniel
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