On 3/9/10 10:14 AM, Matt Keenan wrote: > On 03/ 9/10 05:02 PM, Shawn Walker wrote: >> On 03/ 9/10 10:12 AM, Matt Keenan wrote: >>> Usage of the pkg API would definitely improve performance, however it's >>> an interface that is somewhat unstable, I know the packagemanager UI >>> guys have to constantly rework stuff because of interface breakage. >> >> "constantly rework stuff" is not a representative characterisation. >> > > I'm just saying what I hear...:-) > >> Most of the reworking that the GUI team has had to do has been related >> to how the packagemanager is structured and used; actual changes to the >> API itself have not been as drastic as that wording would imply. >> >> There have only been three major changes to the pkg.client.api in >> roughly eight months: license acceptance, image locking, addition of >> package listing interfaces. >> >> The pkg.client.api is versioned, and all changes that impact consumers >> of the pkg.client.api are documented in doc/client_api_versions.txt in >> the gate. >> >> The pkg.client.api is what AI should be using; there are significant >> benefits to do so, and I believe the interface should be stable enough >> at this point that significant rework efforts will not be required. > > Thanks for the update Shawn. > > This is great news, and should definitely be investigated into. > An enhancement should probably be logged in doo to track this. > > cheers > > Matt >
We should probably also submit an enhancement for AI (or any IPS based installer) and DC to make better use of the pkg api. -evan
