Re: osso-software-version - what is it? why is it being removed
 

You wont save space removing KB-sized installers. Some people wont know apt and those people will be in a jam when they do miss an update. You don't know newbies if you think they wont get themselves into trouble following the recommendation off some random website without knowing what they're getting into.

Except if a new package is added, a package removed, or renamed. Which was what happened between 23-14 and 30-2. The result was reboot loops for people who had removed osv.

Obviously, but people rarely follow good advice.

See, but that's just it. A simple user-targeted application like Fring adds it, so you can't expect everybody to understand the danger involved, or ever be aware of it.

You may not have, but there's a very easy way to do it, and there are lots of people who have brought on reboot loops by doing it. Don't expect that everybody has your skills or your own good sense. Most people don't.

Because, I think, you're failing to grasp exactly what sort of creatures users really are (Hint: it's usually neither well-informed nor particularly careful).

On a case-by-case basis, sure, there's nothing wrong with your recommendation. Assuming, of course, that with each case you're sure the person you're making the recommendation to is aware of the risks and repercussions involved, but as a general recommendation it's very dangerous. I'm not inclined to let it past when the end result is going to be more work for me helping people fix the mess that an careless recommendation causes.

So, please, avoid making dangerous general recommendations unless you're willing to step up and provide direct help to everybody that's harmed by them.

Re: osso-software-version - what is it? why is it being removed
 

Since I don't mind helping and am more than willing to help others troubleshoot their broken systems we'll let this discussion serve as fair warning to anyone who follows that advice. Any advice on this website could be dangerous if missused.

I think the real answer is to ask fring to change their policy. These repositories would be available for any upgrade or application install which has dependencies which are included in this repository.

Reread my post and you'll see that I warned about the fact hat new packages might not get installed. Note that I mentioned the drawbacks to removing metapackages such as this one in the original post including the fact that new software might need to be manually installed. Truthfully, packages that would break the system should have dependencies outside of this metapackage (as it's really just a fail safe when used properly) that would cause them to add any new essential packages. So, this is as much of a developer issue as it is a user one, if not truthfully moreso. Aside from mistakes, oversights, and poor judgement by the development team and programmers, I assure you that dist-upgrading to a stable version from a prior stable version should be harmless and no user should be held responsible for any such problem.

Re: osso-software-version - what is it? why is it being removed
 

I've tried, several times, with no response.

Re: osso-software-version - what is it? why is it being removed
 

What is the unlocked version for?

Re: osso-software-version - what is it? why is it being removed
 

Re: osso-software-version - what is it? why is it being removed
 

ok. i 've uninstalled that. how can i get it back without reflashing??

Re: osso-software-version - what is it? why is it being removed
 

Actually Fring .install hasn't included sdk repository for a long time (at least 2 months).

http://www.fring.com/linux/N810.install

Re: osso-software-version - what is it? why is it being removed
 

Sure, but there's a risk that anyone who installed it before then still has the SDK repo enabled, waiting to blow up in their face.