[freenet-dev] [GSoC] Packaging and setup process

[Joel C. Salomon]

On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 5:39 AM, Obey Arthur Liu <arthur at milliways.fr> wrote:
>  The issue here with maintainer scripts downloading the bulk of the
>  software is that it's against Debian policy and against the purpose of
>  packages. There are some exceptions but there are for programs that are
>  non-free anyway : flashplugin-nonfree, java-package, vmware-package...

It's only an issue since Freenet gets updates so often.  When it's
stabilized you can make a more standard package.

>  And anyway, nobody sane would run an "aptitude upgrade" daily on cron.

Perhaps for now Freenet packages should only be aimed at the unstable
branches of Debian, where a regular "aptitude upgrade" is normal.

--Joel