Re: Installing 3rd party packages, apt URIs

Daniel Stone writes:

>> But services like apt-get.org aren't there for nothing.  Obviously
>> there is currently a need for additional package reposititories.  I
>> just wanted to get people's ideas how using such secondary
>> repositories could be made easier.

> Yeah, apt-get.org is useful, but it's a usability nightmare for
> newbies.  What exactly is so bad about having one centralised
> kde-debian repository?

> We already have one - it's just that I'm the only one who's ever
> uploaded anything (libapache2-mod-xslt and dbus), since no-one else
> has bothered asking for access.

I guess the problem is that there isn't really software that is only
useful to KDE-Debian.  I mean, people will try to get most Debian
packages they make, and I suppose that is a good thing too.  

Packages with only local relevance will only be uploaded to a simple
quick fix Debian repository, like the one I have in
http://www.debian.org/~domi/debian-kde-debug/.  I don't think it would
belong in your main kde-debian repo either.

Anyway, I just mean to ask this question: what kind of software would
you suggest using your repo for ?

cheers
domi