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Originally Posted by knc1
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?
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I guess that makes sense.
I was just wondering if existed. It would be easy to make, yes but as you said, it's better that they read the directions.