Re: Features Missing in Debian's Package Management System

2011-06-15 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 01:26:02AM +0430, Eliad Bagherzadegan wrote: > Hi, > > I'm not sure whether this is the appropriate mailing list for the subject or > not. If not, please let me know the right place for this discussion. debian-u...@lists.debian.org > There are a few features that wo

Re: Features Missing in Debian's Package Management System

2011-06-14 Thread Kevin Mark
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 01:26:02AM +0430, Eliad Bagherzadegan wrote: > * It can prioritize the packages based on there importance, how frequently > they > are used, possible security risks and manual configurations. http://packages.debian.org/lenny/debsecan > I would really appreciate any ideas

Re: Features Missing in Debian's Package Management System

2011-06-13 Thread Andrew O. Shadoura
Hello, On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 07:44:43 +0200 Gergely Nagy wrote: > >> You can do something like this using apt pinning. If you assign a > >> negative priority to a package, it will still be listed but apt > >> will refuse to install it. > > > >> For example, with the following stanza apt will refus

Re: Features Missing in Debian's Package Management System

2011-06-13 Thread Gergely Nagy
"Andrew O. Shadoura" writes: > On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:25:29 +0200 > Peter De Wachter wrote: > >> You can do something like this using apt pinning. If you assign a >> negative priority to a package, it will still be listed but apt will >> refuse to install it. > >> For example, with the following

Re: Features Missing in Debian's Package Management System

2011-06-13 Thread Andrew O. Shadoura
Hello, On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:25:29 +0200 Peter De Wachter wrote: > You can do something like this using apt pinning. If you assign a > negative priority to a package, it will still be listed but apt will > refuse to install it. > For example, with the following stanza apt will refuse to instal

Re: Features Missing in Debian's Package Management System

2011-06-13 Thread Peter De Wachter
Op Tue, 14 Jun 2011 01:26:02 +0430 schreef Eliad Bagherzadegan : > 2. The ability to ban certain packages and (possibly) there dependent > packages. So that they wouldn't show up in the package manager at all. You can do something like this using apt pinning. If you assign a negative priority to

Re: Features Missing in Debian's Package Management System

2011-06-13 Thread The Fungi
On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 01:26:02AM +0430, Eliad Bagherzadegan wrote: [...] > This program should periodically check the bug tracking system for > bugs in installed packages and report to the system administrator. [...] While not necessarily a perfect match for the criteria you mention, you'll prob

Re: Features Missing in Debian's Package Management System

2011-06-13 Thread Jonathan Wiltshire
Hi, On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 01:26:02AM +0430, Eliad Bagherzadegan wrote: > I'm not sure whether this is the appropriate mailing list for the subject or > not. If not, please let me know the right place for this discussion. > > There are a few features that would probably improve Debian's package

Features Missing in Debian's Package Management System

2011-06-13 Thread Eliad Bagherzadegan
Hi, I'm not sure whether this is the appropriate mailing list for the subject or not. If not, please let me know the right place for this discussion. There are a few features that would probably improve Debian's package Management system (at least based on my needs). And maybe they exist somewher