"Download & Install" vs "Repositories & Synaptic" and the need for a new URI [Was: Re: Going forward [Re: Automatix?]]

[Jason Taylor]

> 2. NO direct link mechanism exists from a web page DIRECTLY to the
> package in Synaptic.  What we need is a web URI (Uniform Resource
> Identifier, i.e. like http:, mailto:, ftp:, gopher:) that can have a tag
> that points directly to the package in Synaptic.  Clicking it opens
> Synaptic, and does a search for whatever follows the URI (lets call it
> 'apt:'), ready to 'Apply'. This would works similar to 'mailto:' which
> also fires up an external (default) application, (the user's email
> software), and starts a new message with whatever follows the 'mailto:'
> URI in the 'To:' field.

See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/aptgetinstallprotocol we REALLY need some
thing like this, I dont care how it works lets just make it easier