Re: [Nautilus-list] Nautilus Goals

[Ed McKenzie <eem12 cornell edu>]

On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 12:27:59PM -0400, mitch nuclear physics gatech edu wrote:
> I never suggested for Nautilus to be a updater. However, if I have a rpm
> or deb in a directory, it only makes sense that Nautilus be able to
> install it via directly or via some redcarpet component.

I agree, but I don't really see a distinction between "installer" and
"updater."  (The former has come to be synonymous with the "package
manager" aspect of things, but I don't agree.)  If there isn't any
logic to resolve package dependencies, such tools are more time and
effort than they're worth, and you might as well fix the bugs in
gnorpm (or just use rpm from the command line) instead of reinventing
the wheel.

-ed