Rajko M. wrote:
I'm not using build service to create packages, so there is many details that I don't know, but I know that in his home user can change package to test something, delete it, repackage software in any possible way under the same name, so there is no guarantee that it will work, or it will install just what the name on the package tells. For good maintained packages it can make no difference where they are, but in general homes are playground and in general we should not link to them without very clear explicit warning.
In general the same applies to any other project really. You can't tell how well a project is maintained by looking at the project name. I agree. And I also agree that this is a problem. Currently one can only judge on a repo if she knows the people working on it, maybe check when
Am Montag 12 April 2010 09:07:08 schrieb Ludwig Nussel: the last changes happened and try it in an uncritical environment. All that is not reliable is and good for a general recommendation of how to link or not link. We would need other criteria which aren't easy to define. I guess finally every user (unfortunately) is with himself. He can follow a recommonendation on a website (nothing else is a link) or don't do it, depending on how much the website is trusted. And at this point we are not longer guilty, because we cant control all websites which could potentially link. A rating (in which way ever it might be done) would only be another hint. regards, Klaas
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