[Bug 3152] Review request: dropbox-repo - 3rd-party repo package for Dropbox client

https://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3152 --- Comment #30 from Alec Leamas <leamas.alec(a)gmail.com&gt; 2014-01-28 11:42:06 CET --- (In reply to comment #29) OK, I finally understand your reasoning. Putting lpf aside, let's assume we make another tool for this situation called foreign-repo-proxy (frp). What would such a tool actually do? - You could install some kind of proxy package e. g., frp-dropbox. - That package would contain the repo description + package name. - Something like 'frp install dropbox' would download the package(s) from the repo and install it. - Something like 'frp-update dropbox' would update the package(s) using the repo. It's doable, but is it worth it? - Although we comply with the GL, do we really comply with the intentions(?) - Yet another layer of tools for he user. A little better if merged into lpf, but then that tool will become harder to grasp. - As with lpf, there is dependency problems. This can be seen as an advantage (nothing depends on foreign package) or a drawback for the same reason. - Done correctly, there should be no need to update the frp package to reflect upstream updates. We will not build the package, just download it. - Upstream package changes (new packages etc.) will require new or updated frp- packages. Above all, this is added complexity compared to the simple "add-a-repo" approach. This is also somehow the way accepted out there: Ubuntu PPA:s, COPR repos etc. To communicate the need to make much more complicated frp-/lpf- packages instead might be tough. So, I still want to test the "add-a-repo" approach, if it's possible due to legal/policy concerns. Bottom line: we need to give user access to tools like dropbox in a much more streamlined way. Not being able to install this kind of stuff more or less out of the box is a major drawback. While I respect the reasons this is not viable in Fedora, my gut feeling is that rpmfusion should allow it. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.rpmfusion.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug. You are the assignee for the bug.