Torsdag den 1. november 2012 11:14:59 skrev Raymond Wooninck:
So the question is will we keep PackageKit in our openSUSE distro or not ? If yes, then the zypp/YaST community should have a look at the latest version and make the zypp backend build and work again. If not, do we have alternatives that we can offer to the users as a small systray utility that notifies them when updates are available ?
While I have been arguing on the KDE list for not using PackageKit for local/http installation of "single RPMs" and generally decreasing our dependence on such a volatile experimental thing as PackageKit, I don't see any replacement for Apper/PackageKit as an updater applet on the horizon. Even if say KUpdateApplet+zypp was revived, that would still leave the GNOME/Gtk desktops out in the dark without PackageKit. Also it should be noted that Apper/PackageKit supposedly also brings some "software center" features in the future, which also need to be taken into consideration, see: http://blog.tenstral.net/2012/08/appstream-for-apper.html So I think it's neither desirable nor realistic to drop PackageKit completely. We just need to limit/control the damage the thing can do to our distro, when it periodically breaks. 12.3 is still almost 6 months away. Red Hat can reshuffle the API several more times between now and then, no reason to "panic" about the zypp backend not being up to speed yet at this early stage. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org