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List:       suse-kde
Subject:    Re: [opensuse-kde] https://github.com/openSUSE/libzypp/pull/14
From:       Sven Burmeister <sven.burmeister () gmx ! net>
Date:       2012-10-26 18:41:38
Message-ID: 1643713.nItDGr3lvB () linux-ydd0 ! site
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Am Freitag, 26. Oktober 2012, 18:56:17 schrieb Cristian Morales Vega:
> >> Naturally full-featured Apper is available in the installation, including
> >> the upstream Systemsettings KCM. But that doesn't change the fact that
> >> the only reason Apper is included in the default install, is because
> >> opensuseupdater was dropped, and a new updater applet was needed.
> > 
> > You make it look like if there was something that actually *forced* us
> > to drop kupdateapplet.
> 
> I have to go and I didn't test it. But FWIW, you have the old
> kupdateapplet with ZYpp support (meaning without packagekit) in
> home:RedDwarf build for openSUSE 12.2. Not exactly difficult...

I remember the applet giving all kinds of issues, staying red if there were no 
security updates, not turning red if there were etc. It seemed unmaintained 
and buggy to me.

And what people forget is that the purpose of packagekit is to allow users to 
install updates without entering the root password.

Sven
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