------- Original Message ------- On Tuesday, February 14th, 2023 at 5:07 AM, C J <c.j@tuta.io> wrote:
So, as it is the same thing, you are removing functionality for no reason.
First of all, no functionality is being removed, only the default is being changed to align with what is officially recommended and supported [0]. You can still use PackageKit in Xfce if you wish, you just need to install package-update-indicator yourself. Second, I have stated the reason. Just because something "kinda works" it doesn't mean it's fully supported nor should be recommended by default. In the case of Xfce, it isn't fully supported at the moment. Gnome and KDE have a feature with the offline update method via PackageKit which is arguably a better approach than executing a Tumbleweed update via PackageKit on a live system. There is already a plan to implement offline updates via GUI for Xfce the same way it's already possible with Gnome. [0] https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Upgrade_Tumbleweed
So: Please stop removing beautiful functionality and instead focus on improving the guis to take care of these corner cases.
-> we are in 2023. Please stop going backwards.
Please stop the disrespectful tone and demands, this isn't what motivates volunteer developers to do any work. Best, Maurizio