Debian Conference 2015 The annual Debian developer meeting

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.

URLs: https://sandstorm.io/ http://www.asheesh.org/

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