Autodownload and install restricted content.

[Joe Crawford]

> I would be willing to maintain it.  I assume the packages would go into
> universal.  As for the licensing, from what I understand, we can not package
> the actual files.  What would have to be done is have the deb download and
> install them from the respected vendors website, be it nvidia, java, or
> eclipse. And then unpack and place in respective locations.
> 
> --
> David Walker
> 

That would be excellent.

I, also, am not suggesting we package the actual files, but rather
that we package something that does exactly as you say. Download files
automatically, and install them.

With the nvidia driver, it needs the kernel header files to compile
the kernel interface, but that could just be listed as a dependancy.
I've made a script on my system that recompiles the header whener it
starts (the script could be improved by recompiling only if the kernel
changes), so that if I upgrade my system to a new kernel, the driver
still works.

I've heard ubuntu already has a way to manage the nvidia driver, so
that might all be unnecessary. If so, we should just make sure that no
additional interaction is required from the user other than answering
an install question. A warning of restrictive licensing with the user
being able to click yes, "I would like to install the nvidia driver".

Better yet, we could have one of those checkbox style interfaces, like
in task-sel, where the user choose which restricted components they
want to autodownload and install.

Sincerely,

Joe Crawford
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