On Wed, 10 Jul 2013 13:02:24 +0200 Jaroslav Reznik <jrez...@redhat.com> wrote:
> = Proposed Self Contained Change: Application Installer = > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/AppInstaller > > Change owner(s): Richard Hughes <rhug...@redhat.com>, together with > the desktop team > > We will replace the existing gnome-packagekit frontends > (gpk-update-viewer and gpk-application) by a new application. Would there be any value in keeping those around for a cycle or so for folks that prefer package centric updates? Or better to just ask them to move to yum/yumex/apper now? ...snip... > To improve some problematic aspects of the updates user experience > (long waits, locks), we will use the new hawkey backend for > PackageKit. (echo issue with a different backend that Toshio had) > == Scope == > Proposal owners: > * Implement minimal required functionality for application > installation in gnome-software > * Implement minimal required functionality for updates in > gnome-software > * Replace gpkg-update-viewer > * Package gnome-software > * Include a hawkey backend in PackageKit and use it > > Other developers: > * Use gnome-software instead of gpk-update-viewer when dealing with > updates in gnome-settings-daemon, gnome-shell and > gnome-control-center I'm assuming this will be desktop/gnome centric? Or would it all just work in Xfce/LXDE/ratpoision sessions? > Release engineering: > * Make metadata available for packaged applications in Fedora > (screenshots, icons, ratings,...). Not all of this needs to be in > place for F20 Can you expand on these exact needs? What exactly is required for f20? What is post f20? > Policies and guidelines: > * No immediate changes needed; longer-term, we probably want to make > changes to way applications are distributed and installed Can you expand on that? In what way? > * The update experience will also benefit from proposed changes to > batch updates Is that part of this proposal? Or something else? kevin
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