[plug] hmmm Linus being opinionated again :-P

simon simon at chrome64.org
Wed Dec 14 12:42:24 WST 2005


Bernd Felsche (bernie at innovative.iinet.net.au) wrote:

> 2) Installing stuff that'll never be needed could be avoided if
>    there were sufficient hooks to install on demand by application
>    or even type of file. Users should not be expected to know which
>    application is required; they should need only point to a file
>    to open and the system should suggest a few options.

Nice idea. Do you know of any projects along these lines, perhaps wrapping
around urpmi/apt-get/whatever?

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