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[Colin Watson <cjwatson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Jul 01, 2013 at 02:27:54PM -0300, Roberto Alsina wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 1:32 PM, Dave Morley <davmor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 2. How do you search for useful .deb armhf apps if there is no apt db?
> >
> > 3. If there is going to be a apt db then why not add the click package
> > listing there too
> 
> I am operating under the assumption (because it's what I was told at
> Oakland) that there is no way to install deb packages on the phone
> because that would block image updates.

There'll be a developer mode that disables image-based updates and
enables installation of .debs.  It'd be nice, though possibly not
critical, if the dash code could be aware of that.

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Colin Watson                                    [cjwatson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]