Apturl feature to add (whitelisted) repositories

Registered by Michael Vogt

Apturl currently does not allow adding new repositories for security reasons. This limits its usefulness, there are certain repositories that show high quality and good QA. So we should add a whitelist feature to apturl so that we can add trusted repositories. The criteria/policy that such a repository must follow is discussed in the separate blueprint "partner-repositories".

The implementation will use the "channel" mechanism of gnome-app-install/app-install-data-partner and a new key is added to the apturl URL spec named "channel=value" that denotes to the channel that should be added (if not already there). Steps to implement:
1. add "channel=value" to apturl parser and GUI
2. rename "app-install-data-commercial" to app-install-data-partner
3. put the trusted repo sources.list and signing keys into app-install-data-partner

Blueprint information

Status:
Complete
Approver:
Colin Watson
Priority:
Medium
Drafter:
Michael Vogt
Direction:
Approved
Assignee:
Michael Vogt
Definition:
Approved
Series goal:
Accepted for jaunty
Implementation:
Implemented
Milestone target:
None
Started by
Michael Vogt
Completed by
Alexander Sack

Whiteboard

jun 2010 asac: technically implemented for a while now afaik.
ready for review
2009-01-20 cjwatson: approved
2009-02-11 mvo: this is availalbe in jaunty now

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