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List:       opensuse-factory
Subject:    Re: [opensuse-factory] Czech Packagers Team meeting minutes 2008-06-19
From:       Michal Vyskocil <mvyskocil () suse ! cz>
Date:       2008-06-27 14:40:38
Message-ID: 200806271640.39274.mvyskocil () suse ! cz
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On Friday 27 June 2008 01:34:52 JP Rosevear wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-06-25 at 14:01 +0200, Ales Nosek wrote:
> > Czech Packagers Team meeting minutes 2008-06-19
> > ===============================================
> >
> > Present: anicka, anosek, jmatejek, lmichnovic, mkudlvasr, mmarek,
> > mvyskocil, nadvornik, prusnak, puzel, sbrabec
> >
> > Minutes: anosek
> >
> > Topics:
> >
> > (1) Scout released
> > (2) Spec file wizard
> > (3) Opera 9.5
> > (4) RPMs E-shop
> >
> > (1) Scout released
> > ==================
> > The first public version of Scout was released. It is a simple tool
> > which allows user to look for (not yet installed) packages using
> > simple queries. For example, which autoconf macros does the package
> > contain, which Java classes are present inside or what binaries
> > does the package provide. Scout packages are available in openSUSE
> > BuildService in home:prusnak:scout project. Look at the
> > introduction[1], installation instructions[2] and demonstration
> > video[3] to get the idea.
>
> I don't know how feasible it is, but incorporating this into
> PackageKit would be great - there already exists installation tools
> that grab the package for a specific file or mime type, and upstream
> is developing support for codecs as well
>
> -JP

AFAIK the PackageKit is only the API. So if the backends doesn't 
contains some functionality, the PackageKit cannot helps.

Maybe is possible to use a scout as some (distro-independent) backend to 
PackageKit and to call of his functions bu D-BUS.

Michal Vyskocil
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