From esr at thyrsus.com Sun Apr 2 00:36:56 2006 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============5961644551378683458==" MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Eric S. Raymond To: devel at lists.fedoraproject.org Subject: Re: Fedora's way forward Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2006 00:36:47 -0500 Message-ID: <20060402053647.GB6796@thyrsus.com> In-Reply-To: 1143945291.10632.75.camel@localhost --===============5961644551378683458== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Callum Lerwick : > Only two things are needed: > = > 1) A way to install RPMs from a web browser. (It seems we have this) > = > 2) A way to tell pirut to install packages from a web browser. > = > With these two things, a repo like Livna could easily make a page with > links like "Click here first to set up the Livna repository on your > system", and then a list of links like "Click here to install mp3 > support" "Click here to install closed-source nVidia 3D support." "Click > here to play DVDs". > = > All you need is some kind of simple meta format, like the common > WinAmp .pls format, that tells pirut to install xorg-x11-drv-nvidia and > kmod-nvidia and whatnot. And perhaps include an ability to set a > "--enablerepo=3Dlivna" flag too, so if you don't have the livna repo > installed pirut can maybe give you some sane error like "Could not find > packages xxxx yyy, perhaps you should install the zzz repository." > = > Then when someone gets on IRC and asks for nVidia support or MP3, you > can just point them at a URL that will tell them everything. This is the right direction to be thinking. Go, go, go! -- = Eric S. Raymond --===============5961644551378683458==--