some really basic networking questions

[Matthew Carpenter]

I may be uneducated, but I disagree.  /var is a good place to put the
packages, since they SHOULD be transient and removeable.  As for
~/download, can a normal user download and apply updates?  Not too likely.
 They're normally KDESU-ed or some equivalent which gives them root
access.  What would probably be a better choice would be another subsystem
of YOU which allows you to manage the downloaded packages/etc...  JMHO

On Sun, 14 Jul 2002 08:33:04 -0400
"dep" <dep at linuxandmain.com> wrote:

> the answer, of course, 
> is a.) to put that checkbox on the first page, labeled "retain 
> packages after they've been successfully applied?" and coded such 
> that the initial user choice becomes the subsequent default and b.) 
> to put the packages someplace else either way; ideally, the user 
> could even specify where. (for instance, i keep a ~/download 
> directory, and i'd be far more inclined to keep the packages if i 
> could tell you to put 'em there.)