I agree that either PackageKit needs to work with Tumbleweed or be removed from Tumbleweed's patterns by default. It is highly confusing for new users and can lead to broken installs very easily.
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On June 9, 2018 6:48 PM, Chuck Davis <cjgunzel@gmail.com> wrote:
My $.02 is make the software updater work on TW or remove the software
updater from TW and make it obvious what else to do. Any new user is
going to think the software updater is there to do what everyone would
expect.
On Sat, Jun 9, 2018 at 3:02 PM, Franklin Titus cygnix@opensuse.org wrote:
Tumbleweed requires zypper dup for updating the system. PackageKit, the
default update notification and software updating tool, does not support
zypper dup in its current implementation; this causes a conflict leaving
undesirable effect when it is used to update a Tumbleweed system.
Here are some ideas suggested on #opensuse-factory:
PackageKit exclusion in Tumbleweed is one solution, however, this could
leave many systems vulnerable because there would not be notification of
critical updates.
PackageKit on Tumbleweed could be modified to notify of available updates
and direct the user to run zypper dup.
PackageKit on Tumbleweed could be implemented to support zypper dup.
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To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org Agree to all of what's said in this thread. How about replacing the whole
Op zondag 10 juni 2018 02:04:01 CEST schreef simonizor: packagekit stuff by some simple plasmoid-tw-updater that initially doesn't do much more than check for new Tw snapshots and have some "warning sign" in the systray, stating "New Tw snapshot available" ? -- Gertjan Lettink a.k.a. Knurpht openSUSE Board Member openSUSE Forums Team -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org