Auto Package 1.0

[totalshredder]

http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=10155

After reading this, you feel a little better about the overall state of linux. Could you imagine having something like they were talking about (the Gimp thing at the end). The possibilites are amazing, I'm really excited for this, it has been needed for a long, long time.

What do you guys think of it? Is it a threat to apt?

Luke

[UbuWu]

There already has been some discussion about this:

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=22706
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=22453

At first sight it is great, but has some security issues.

[DJ_Max]

Yeah, I remember visiting the site, but never actually using it. AutoPackage looks like something I'll use, and support, since it's not distro-dependent. It'll make it a lot easier to get binaries, since developers don't have the time to support .debs, .rpm, tgz(slackware), etc..

[UbuWu]

I think it will probably most useful for commercial applications and games. I think this would be the best way to install doom 3 and photoshop... 8)

[totalshredder]

There already has been some discussion about this:

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=22706
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=22453

At first sight it is great, but has some security issues.

Doh, I do remember that thread now that I look back. I really do like the concepts the talk about in this artical though, I'm really intreagued by the fact that soon we'll be treating programs like documents (that's how it should have been allll along :) .) I hope this stuff comes to age.

In one of the other threads you mentioned it would be an easy way to gain spyware etc. I must say it's so true; they're going to need to make it an obvious thing where it tells you exactly when and what you are installing whenever something gets installed. Something should NOT get installed without the users permision.

Luke

[CowPie]

I like it a lot, i just installed abiword 2.2.5 with it. It's a bit nicer than the 2.2 I got with hoary.

[jdong]

Let's keep AutoPackage rants/raves to a single thread, please. Three within a week is enough!