Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 06:41:18 -0500 From: Programmer In Training <pit@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "app store" for open source Unix? Message-ID: <4BC063DE.3050003@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> In-Reply-To: <4BC05814.7000309@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us> References: <alpine.NEB.2.01.1004091914440.10353@t1.m.reedmedia.net> <20100409211612.GB6032@apollo.podro.com> <alpine.NEB.2.01.1004092135560.10353@t1.m.reedmedia.net> <4BC05814.7000309@joseph-a-nagy-jr.us>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig48D084A0BF2568A2E330A1EB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 04/10/10 05:51, Programmer In Training wrote: > On 04/09/10 21:54, Jeremy C. Reed wrote: > <snip> >> Now ... that is just way too much time for me. If I want an applicatio= n,=20 >> I want to find it and install it within a minute. > <snip> >=20 > I really think that's asking for a lot. Phones and desktop computers ar= e > two totally different platforms. To expect the same behavior out of bot= h > is ludicrous. >=20 > IME, most phones seem to run off some form of Java (I can't speak for > the smart phones, I've never had one). Even my LG CU515's took upwards > of two-three minutes to have an app installed (not including time to > browse AT&T's app store for that model phone, time to purchase, and the= n > downloading it). >=20 I would like to note, though, that I wouldn't mind the other aspect of this idea, though. A friendlier UI that at least provided a snapshot of the site (and perhaps of the program in action) with a better description would be nice. Especially if there was a search function (think of Snaptic or RH's old RPM package manager from the 6.2 days). With such a comprehensive list of ports, it would be nice. And since you can apparently bring in non-ports sources via pkgsrc perhaps an option to add even individual program pages that would automatically find the package source (tarball'd, of course) so if you wanted to download it, it would be as close to one-click as you would be able to get. Just a thought. --=20 Yours In Christ, PIT Emails are not formal business letters, whatever businesses may want. Original content copyright under the OWL http://owl.apotheon.org Please do not CC me. If I'm posting to a list it is because I am subscrib= ed. --------------enig48D084A0BF2568A2E330A1EB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJLwGPkAAoJEENZQ8DH7rW06FYIAKDd4VodGPMBh3whE85ukcIj 1IbYwcBEh87OKE0e1Vim/2axg0O4iGcgYM5pJV/FjkxQRihcyBIoePk9kL42qUsY q0X8ewOtCGfOxxxCUXWnkuFiL1f8TaogrqpEgwRxF0GP7jP59YLXqUPfbPfFIneh YZaki9cC7dpTEyBShaFCjvOgTCxorO5CN8Y8pfcF87qXlm54vn9elP2fLNf1qa4E 0RyNAnpbO6MYl/p9N5lJruXWbSr4pIvKNjNPXuTDWqUjTsqnpaSUtuUEA7mphpAR lBCB4G95+ZypOwzrpcXARjOyKoY+O5g1Vdv6HyEYA3X1Kv1oYj2E+SceqzP9M9c= =Mpkv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig48D084A0BF2568A2E330A1EB--
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