[haiku-development] Re: Package management: update / upgrade
- From: looncraz <looncraz@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:19:51 -0800
$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list
# deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ sid main
deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ sid main non-free contrib
deb-src http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ sid main non-free contrib
deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org sid main non-free
FranÃois.
Okay, looking at them through VNC they fall into just a few groups
The original Ubuntu jaunty repos (disabled)
us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty
security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty-security
old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jaunty
archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty
archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty-updates
(most of the above are on multiple lines, inflating the line-count due
to a bug with too long lines)
I have one for Java, and several private repos as well (schools, mostly).
I have no idea which are bad right now, LOL! I spent hours trying to
get a SINGLE piece of software after it became corrupted due to a file
system glitch (corruption loves me - I swear!). I would have had less
problems if Ubuntu had planned in a way to handle obsolescence, but they
did not. I hope Haiku has a plan for that... It is entirely likely
that someone may want to stick with R1 after R2 is out for any number of
reasons...
I'm all for permitting private repos, but they should be HIGHLY
discouraged for publicly available software. Haiku is suppose to be a
desktop-centric OS, am I right? Not to be focused as a developer
platform, or a server OS, or a full-on general purpose OS. An OS that
has enough power to make nerds happy, but easy enough for grandma to use
on a daily basis to write email and check out the news... Of course,
grandmas like to use Skype these days... but that is another discussion
entirely.
--The loon
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