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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Status On KPackage
From:       "Gary L. Greene, Jr." <greeneg () tolharadys ! net>
Date:       2007-03-20 0:42:21
Message-ID: 200703192042.27770.greeneg () tolharadys ! net
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On Monday 19 March 2007 23:00, Kelly wrote:
> I'm curious, what's the status on KPackage?  Going to be updated?  In the
> trash?

Likely, dropped....

Seriously, the app has a number of issues holding up as being a good tool to 
continue. First, it has only rudimentary support for the various package 
managers; It has no understanding of yum, urpmi, smart or other package 
manager tools. Second the UI needs a serious amount of attention, as the 
interface feels _very_ 1990s (no surprise as the app was first introduced 
back in the KDE 1.x series).

If KDE is to have a package manager as part of the distribution, then it 
should be able to work on ALL platforms that KDE has full support for, and do 
it well. This is the main reason that I would rather see it dropped in favor 
of letting vendors use their own tools.

Trust me, I don't say that lightly, as I would much rather see KDE be the full 
system environment under graphical. However I see it as an aspect that is far 
better served by the vendors at this point.

-- 
Gary L. Greene, Jr.
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