Re: Installing 3rd party packages, apt URIs

On Sun, Jan 18 at 22:10, Kevin Krammer wrote:
[...]
> Now the idea or question is: can we come up with a schema for an URI
> for apt sources that can be put on webpages instead of the download
> link.  So that, for example, I could go to sourceforge, search for a
> program, click on an "apt link" in the results and have it added to my
> sources list.

And have your system destroyed after the next upgrade. 

Adding additional sources of packages (having installation scripts
executed with root rights, overwriting existing system files etc.)
should be possible only for the administrator and should be done only
after careful source check. Making it happen in easy and invisible for
the user way is definitely not a good idea.

Regards,

-- 
Marcin Pawlik