On Wed, 2008-02-27 at 15:12 -0600, Arthur Pemberton wrote:
On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 3:00 PM, Lubomir Kundrak
<lkundrak(a)redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2008-02-27 at 21:35 +0100, Jakub 'Livio' Rusinek wrote:
> > hi,
> >
> > I saw Ubuntu is puting Firefox' addons to repo.
> >
> > I wonder why, while Firefox has now integrated search for addons and
> > better addons site is planned...
> >
> > I don't think we should package extensions, but what do you think about
> > that situation in U?
>
> Packaging addons makes perfect sense. As much as does packaging CPAN
> modules. You get benefits of a good packaging and update system with
> that. Obvious examples are ability to put the addon into repository and
> add it to your kickstart, or stay up-to date with security fixes.
>
You take some very bad examples to highlight a need for packing and
update system. Both the Firefox addons and CPAN modules already have
good mechanisms for this.
They do not. They can never compare with updatesd, can not cooperate
with it. I am not aware if they integrate with policykit or
consolehelper to allow unprivileged user to update, not if they
integrate with puplet to let him know that he has to update.
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Lubomir Kundrak (Red Hat Security Response Team)