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[João Luís Marques Pinto <joao.pinto@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Surfaz Gemon Meme wrote:
>     - Install multi-package applications with a single click
>
>
> Using apt-url tool, no?
Yes
>  
>
>     - Faulty packages will have a wider impact
>
>
> Then it would be useful to have a second repository is similar to the 
> "proposed" of Ubuntu.
Indeed.
>  
>
>     - Installing a package forces a repositories info update (to
>     ensure you will get the latest version installed)
>
>
> Sorry, I don't understand that point.
> The repository will not work like any other? I refer to with any 
> repository need to update the index for updates.
>
> If I am not mistaken, Ubuntu does it automatically every few hours.
When a user clicks on APT url he may have the repositories cached info 
update, this would make it install an older version than the one 
displayed on the web page, to enture the user will install the latest 
version we are passing a special flag to the apt-url that forces it to 
do an APT cache update before requesting the package install, to enforce 
this we also need an option added to the users apt config: 
Acquire::Mirror::RefreshInterval    "0"; , by default APT does not 
refresh the info for a default defined interval (don't have the valuer 
right now).

We don't have an interval of hours between a package upload to the 
archive and the link being provided on the getdeb page, that is why we 
need to guarantee the cache is updated .

>  
>
>     - Reverting to a previous installed version is harder (requires an
>     unusual force version command or Synaptic)
>
>
> This problem exists with the current system
Not really, you just need to remove the packages, and then do a regular 
install again from the repositories, this will get you the "official"  
version.
>  
>
>     Implementation
>     The implementation will require some technical changes that will
>     need to be implemented on the next 2 months:
>     - Database model needs to be simplified (instead of listing files
>     we only need to list package names and provide APT urls)
>     - A server side mirror selection script must be implemented to
>     redirect APT file requests to available/updated mirrors
>     - A debian package must be provided to setup the repository, add
>     custom APT config and install the GPG keyring
>
>
> I suggest use winehq system to add a repository:
>
> http://www.winehq.org/download/deb
We should provide both the manual configuration instructions and a 
simpler approach by providing a .deb which takes care of the setup.
>     The decision to change to a repository or keep with the current
>     (.deb) system must be taken, as providing both methods is not an
>     option (release management would be much harder, not enough human
>     resources to handle it).
>
>
> I agree with that
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Thanks for the feedback :)

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