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Originally Posted by Aaronius
I recently jailbroke my kindle and I mostly like it so far but I don't like having to get my computer whenever I want to install something. I was wondering if there was a store for the programs that not only puts it all in one place, but also lets me install them without my computer.
If there isn't, I will give a crack at making it because I don't think it would be that hard. All it needs to do is list the programs, download the packages and install them.
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You don't need your computer to individually install packages.
MrPI is a batch mode installer.
Put everything you want installed in /mrpackages, at the same time, and trigger MrPI once.
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The only true protection a Kindle user has from harmful or malicious packages is the fact that a human (the owner) must be involved in installing each package.
The "central distribution point" is already a single place, this forum.
How do you plan to get the human to read the directions for each package to be installed?
The directions are packed with each package and included in the distribution post.
We can't force anyone to RTFM -
But we certainly do not want to encourage people to skip reading the directions by over automation.
And who is going to be in charge of keeping the pool of packages current?
Who is going to provide and maintain the hosting?
Who is going to pay for it?
Yourself?
That is a lot of trust and responsibility to put in one person.
Why would we want someone who has only made a single post on the site, has been a member for less than a day and uses nothing newer than a K3 to be that trustee?