[Mageia-dev] PPA-like repos

Fri Jul 8 12:28:16 CEST 2011

'Twas brillig, and Eugeni Dodonov at 07/07/11 22:38 did gyre and gimble:
+> But as for QA, yes, this is true. Probably the best solution for it was
+> Meego's one, in the n800 era - when you install something from
+> non-official repo it shows a window saying 'You are installing something
+> that could break everything, so you are on your own, good luck'. For
+> install/update, perhaps it could be solved by adding some new
+> installer/updater window which would check of enabled urpmi medias, and
+> if there are any non-official one, it could show a warning or something
+> like it as well.
+
+I think also the ppa-purge tool is quite useful (I've not used it
+myself, just read instructions of it's use) which can aid the "purging"
+of a given PPA's packages and the installation of the offical packages
+needed to solve any dependency "holes" left behind from uninstalling
+packages.
+
+
+This is still a "power-user" task IMO, but if (especially in the case of
+Wayland stuff) only power-users would attempt this.
+
+So while I too accept the QA issue (it's why I've spoken quite strongly
+against PPAs in the past), I do accept there are sometimes valid reasons
+to use them. If the tools are there to help, most of my concerns can be
+mitigated.
+
+Col
+
+PS, nice to see you here Eugeni :)
+
+
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+Colin Guthrie
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