Currently, when one wants to add a new repository (or "software channel"), one has to drop to the command line or gedit and add the deb http url and the gpg key.
Why not simplify that procedure, by creating a small configuration file, that an Ubuntu utility will be able to parse (showing a warning and an explanation, of course) and add it to sources.list?
/---------------------------------------\
| Add software channel:
| l33t Ubuntu Games
|
| description:
| this channel contains l33t games
|
| [Add channel] [bail]
\---------------------------------------/
[root password]
I think this will complement gdebi nicely, and will allow for seamless installation and expandability of Ubuntu, as a platform
for example - channel.conf.deb
name = The l33t Ubuntu games channel
description = this channel contains l33t games
deb_url =
http://www.leetUbuntugames.org
deb_target = 8.10
gpg_key = 0xfoobar0xdeadbeef0xdeadcaffe0xfeedface
conf_file_origin =
http:// (in order to update the configuration file when new ubuntu version is out)
