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[Alexander Lancey <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've now got the repository up, and technically, working.

When I say it's a minefield, I mean it. Because updating using a tarball
system would be annoying, I planned to hook it into the apt system.
That's more complicated than you'd think, because what I did was run a
script during install that would wait for an opportunity, then install
the local language (depending wouldn't work because it doesn't depend on
a specific package).

This has a number of issues, such as the script never really exits,
removing the tour requires very good timing, and requires the user to
manually run a dpkg fix. In other words, don't ever let me MacGyver
something up again.

I still feel .debs would be the best way to package media because
updates are taken care of. Perhaps make the tour get the screenshots
when it first starts? What do you guys think of that?

    -Alexander