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List:       opensuse-factory
Subject:    Re: [opensuse-factory] To PackageKit or not to PackageKit
From:       Sven Burmeister <sven.burmeister () gmx ! net>
Date:       2012-11-01 15:07:27
Message-ID: 1535075.cMTVd0uUio () linux-ydd0 ! site
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Am Donnerstag, 1. November 2012, 09:32:43 schrieb Jon Nelson:
> zypper works. Today. I am not suggesting that all work on packagekit be
> abandoned, but from a purely pragmatic perspective, just exactly how many
> developer hours would it take to
> a) resolve the packagekit <-> libzypp issues
> b) update to the more recent packagekit backend
> c) *stay in sync* with upstream packagekit
> b) maintain the packagekit stack until such time as doing so is no longer
> necessary (a better alternative - whatever that may be - exists)
> 
> as compared to
> a) provide a notification interface that interfaces with zypper/yast2 that
> identifies when updates are ready
> b) maintain that software until such time as doing so is no longer
> necessary (a better alternative - whatever that may be - exists)

c) can install updates without root password
d) can have different permissions regarding installing/updating depending on 
the user
e) allows to choose whether to check for patches only or all available updates
f) does not end-up like e.g. kupdateapplet (which basically was what you 
describe, i.e. nothing but a notifier)

Having just a notification icon is going backwards 5 years and not improving 
the situation IMO, leaving aside the comparison to other distros/OSs.

Sven
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