Bug#1094175: ITP: linux-os-updater -- Linux OS Updater. This is a package updating system designed to ease the update process for most Linux distributions efficiently.

[Crypticverse]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Crypticverse <***@gmail.com>
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* Package name : linux-os-updater
Version : 1.0.0
Upstream Contact: Crypticverse <***@gmail.com>
* URL : https://github.com/CrypticVerse/linux-os-updater
* License : GPL
Programming Lang: Python
Description : Package updating system designed to ease the update process for most Linux distributions efficiently.

Linux OS updater is used to help the updating process for most of the popular distros. It works on Debian and Debian
based distros. It uses python to check the current OS version and update it according to the steps provided by the
distributor/creator. It also uses bash to provide the main binary script, then detects the OS type and downloads
the according python file with cURL.

[Richard Lewis]

Post by Crypticverse
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
* Package name : linux-os-updater
Version : 1.0.0
* URL : https://github.com/CrypticVerse/linux-os-updater
* License : GPL
Programming Lang: Python
Description : Package updating system designed to ease the update
process for most Linux distributions efficiently.
Linux OS updater is used to help the updating process for most of the popular distros. It works on Debian and Debian
based distros. It uses python to check the current OS version and update it according to the steps provided by the
distributor/creator. It also uses bash to provide the main binary script, then detects the OS type and downloads
the according python file with cURL.

sorry for the negative feedback, but: Are you sure packaging this is a
good idea?

downloading and running a script from a random website seems a rather
unhelpful approach and maybe not the best idea to suggest debian
supports this?

the release-notes exist because not everything can be automated
automatically.

if you're not upgrading from stable why do you need this script at all?

if you want security updates, why not use cron-apt?

[Andrey Rakhmatullin]

Post by Richard Lewis

Post by Crypticverse
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
* Package name : linux-os-updater
Version : 1.0.0
* URL : https://github.com/CrypticVerse/linux-os-updater
* License : GPL
Programming Lang: Python
Description : Package updating system designed to ease the update
process for most Linux distributions efficiently.
Linux OS updater is used to help the updating process for most of the popular distros. It works on Debian and Debian
based distros. It uses python to check the current OS version and update it according to the steps provided by the
distributor/creator. It also uses bash to provide the main binary script, then detects the OS type and downloads
the according python file with cURL.

sorry for the negative feedback, but: Are you sure packaging this is a
good idea?

They are the author so I'm sure the answer is yes.

Many people want to put their toy project with 0 external users into
Debian, unfortunately.

Closing.

[Henrik Ahlgren]

Post by Richard Lewis
downloading and running a script from a random website seems a rather
unhelpful approach and maybe not the best idea to suggest debian
supports this?

Does this even work with Debian?

The script

https://github.com/CrypticVerse/linux-os-updater/blob/master/linux-os-updater

tries to download a distro-specific script, but

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CrypticVerse/linux-os-updater/refs/heads/master/os/update-debian.py

is 404 (Ubuntu is supported and a bunch of non-Debian related distros).


Anyway, I don't think Debian should ship with packages where the main
functionality relies on executing shell scripts downloaded from the master
branch of some github repository.