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 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org