pimutils / pimutils/vdirsyncer
Figure out non-sudo way to install .deb packages
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- Python
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Description
Our debian repo currently tells people to run a shell script as root to add our repository. This is because of a (IMO reasonable) tradeoff: Setup of package signing and just using HTTPS (lol) seems fairly involved. The script takes care of that and has good error messages too.
Nevertheless we should figure out an alternative installation path of that script. Perhaps also have a separate docs page for those instructions.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the Debian repository installation instructions linked in the issue and inspect the shell script they describe. Determine a non-sudo installation path that preserves the repository setup and error handling, then document the alternative, preferably on a separate documentation page.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- debian, shell
- Domain
- documentation, release
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100