Feature changed by: melchiaros melchiaros (melchiaros) Feature #313030, revision 6 Title: AppSet instead of Apper openSUSE Distribution: Unconfirmed Priority Requester: Desirable Requested by: Simone Dedo (templare) Partner organization: openSUSE.org Description: AppSet http://appset.altervista.org/joomla/en can be the default package manager on openSUSE cause, is written in QT and other distribution such Archlinux and Chakra Linux (know for his addiction with KDE desktop). 1)Automatical generation of applications sections (games, office, multimedia, internet etc.) 2)An embedded web browser that shows selected applications homepages 3)An embedded feed reader that shows news from configured distribution 4)A Tray Icon that periodically shows available upgrades 5)The possibility to choose a touchscreen suitable and animated view 6)Administrator packages management (Upgrades, installs, removes applications) 7)Periodical packages database update 8)Checks dependencies contraints 9) Authentication structure that uses what is already installed to get administrative privileges (only when needed), searching from {kdesu, gksu, beesu, xdg-su or at least an xterm where it executes a sudo command} 10)Cache cleaner tool (to free disk space) 11)Can use ad-hoc libraries for a specific distribution or, like in default, it uses an already existing package manager CLI frontend 11)Requires only Qt libs as installation dependency What about? Business case (Partner benefit): openSUSE.org: I believe AppSet can be a better package manager instead of KpackageKit or Apper (a new on openSUSE 12.1). Discussion: #1: Danny Roberts (kemra102) (2011-12-05 10:48:28) I think there is value in adding it as an optional package 1st so that people can test and evaluate the application before making it the default. #2: Tim Edwards (tk83) (2011-12-05 11:42:19) Does it use PackageKit? I'd have thought the last thing we need is to re-invent the wheel from scratch given how much work has gone into getting packagekit's zypp backend working. I reckon the best thing is to package it in the repositories and let people test it. + #3: melchiaros melchiaros (melchiaros) (2011-12-05 18:59:25) + In past there were many problems with KPackageKit, not only on + openSUSE. + My interest is: Is it more stable and did it not behave like a donkey + when you try to kill it than KPackageKit? -- openSUSE Feature: https://features.opensuse.org/313030