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[Colin Watson <cjwatson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Jul 01, 2013 at 02:37:47PM -0300, Roberto Alsina wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 2:34 PM, Colin Watson <cjwatson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> It's possible to add a scope for that, but the scope would have to be
> disabled or absent in the default setup, and I don't have it in my roadmap.
> So, perhaps, post 13.10?

I think that's OK - Stéphane, can you confirm that it would be
reasonable behaviour for developer mode in 13.10 to require command-line
tools to install packages?

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Colin Watson                                    [cjwatson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]