This has been done in Debian Unstable and I have requested a Feature
Freeze Exception to land these changes in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. See
https://launchpad.net/bugs/2056767
** Changed in: gnome-software (Ubuntu)
Status: Triaged => Fix Committed
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2019137
Title:
gnome-software should (?) be separated from the packagekit
Status in gnome-software package in Ubuntu:
Fix Committed
Bug description:
Given that the Snap Store is currently the default in Ubuntu instead
of GNOME Software, the only reason GNOME Software (along with the Snap
Store) can be installed is to support Flatpak applications.
In the current instance, if you want to add flatpak support, GNOME
Software is installed with both the apt packagekit add-on and the
flatpak plugin, which is duplication of work (Software Updater already
works on updates, and Snap Store works on showing deb apps).
And since the future app store explicitly refuses [1], [2] to support
flatpak applications, users who need this package format will be
forced to put GNOME Software with everything I pointed out above.
Therefore, it would be very nice if the developers removed the
packagekit add-on from the "gnome-software part" and made it a "plug-
in for gnome-software".
I, unfortunately, have no such experience with packaging deb packages
at the moment, and it turns out that it will obviously be necessary to
work out both the code part (which, as far as I can see, won't be very
difficult [3]), as well as the part where we will have to figure out
where and how to insert the plugin as mandatory (for example, when the
user completely gives up on snap packages) and as optional (because
the Snap Store already stands).
Also, let me know if this needs to be sent to upstream (Debian) instead of
here.
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1. https://github.com/ubuntu-flutter-community/software/issues/126
2. https://github.com/ubuntu-flutter-community/software/issues/30
3. https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1031279
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