Sandstorm.io: A web-native package manager, with many lessons from Debian
Channel: DebConf Videos
Date: 2017-12-03

by Asheesh Laroia

At: DebConf15
https://summit.debconf.org/debconf15/meeting/311/sandstormio-a-web-native-package-manager-with-many-lessons-from-debian/
https://debconf15.debconf.org/

This talk introduces Sandstorm, a free software package manager for web applications with a focus on usability and security. The talk dives deep into how Sandstorm works and why. You'll see how Sandstorm is similar to and different from Debian, and you'll learn:

* Why Sandstorm exists, and why I think it fits the web better than packaging the same apps in Debian directly
    
* How people turn open source web apps into Sandstorm packages

* How (and why) every Sandstorm app package is a Debian derivative

* Why Debian should use this for Debian Developer-oriented infrastructure

* Examples of web apps that Sandstorm is, and isn't, good for

* How our community structure is different from Debian's -- with many lessons I've personally learned through my work on Debian

* How Sandstorm adds security and access control to any web app

You'll leave with a sense of the purpose of Sandstorm, an understanding of why we made it, and a desire to run it yourself.

Room: Heidelberg
Scheduled start: 2015-08-20 14:00:00