Rainer Meier wrote: > Hi zyzy (nice name, by the way) > > zyzy wrote: >> Is it a silly question? > > Not really, I am just not sure I understand it properly... Thanks, you had understand every things. sorry for my bad english, I'm french. > > >> does some can just answer yes or no? or much;) > > I will try to. > > >> A server where we can fin several applications that have licences to be >> deploys? > > There is no such thing like a "central repository". We do not host any > software. Thanks, that is the main answer that i was waiting for. > However we supply a bunch of package definitions (which > usually require you to download the corresponding installer) on our > wpkg.org web-page. I've understand that. > The license is one of the issues why we do not host the software. Closed softwares can be served on a server like (http://www.download.com/Antivirus-Firewall-Spyware/). > (apart of the bandwith and the fact that it is quite useless and would be very > expensive to mirror the software on our servers). That is why I ask for a win bittorent wpkg client (later in message). > We provide package definitions for various commercial applications as > well. But it's clear that we do not supply the software. So feel free to > purchase licenses, get the software from your vendor and then deploy it > using WPKG. > > >> Is it a silly idea? > > No, not really, however deploying directly from internet is not a main > target of WPKG. Most recent versions however support a download feature > as well which would allow even to download the installer from the > internet. So feel free to create package definitions which download the > installer from (probably unreliable) internet sources and install it then. > > Most WPKG users however prefer to fetch/install packages directly from > intranet SMB/CIFS servers. > > >> Does exist a bittorrent software client to download package that can >> verify hash code? > > I don't know how you think this is related to WPKG. There are numerous > bittorrent clients out there. Some of them can be silently deployed > using WPKG. > However WPKG does not support downloading software via > bittorrent protocol. You have to download your software in advance, make > them available to your clients and then deploy/install it using WPKG. That was my wuestion, thanks. > > >>> Hello, i have a noob question: >>> is there a public distribution site for windows based on winpkg? >>> thanks, > > Well, I was even not sure if you're talking about WPKG or another > software here. It's called WPKG and not winpkg. Well, as explained > above, there is no such thing like a public deployment site. You have to > build your own (preferably local) deployment server. Sorry again, i was talking about wpkg! whatever, WPKG is very nice !!!!!! > > br, > Rainer > I was thinking about a server that host package (wpkg config+ binaties) with a bittorent tracker. integrated wpkg server. Goal to made something like cygwin or ubuntu (but with bittorent to download.) David. |