On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 01:13:23AM +0200, Per Øyvind Karlsen wrote: > In the scenario for how I'd like to see packagekit adopted for Mandriva and > MPM > for instance, I'm kinda expecting having to go ahead and just > implement and maintain > some features in our own backend only that might not be part of > packagekit's features > or supported by other frontends for it etc. (at least not immediately).
I really like packagekit as a simplified tool. For more advanced usage, I think it is fine if another tool exists. Stuff that atm is not nicely working in 'packagekit': * sometimes hangs when updating * doesn't differentiate security updates vs "core os" vs application updates --> packagekit under gnome3 will automatically apply all security updates, plus provide a simplified overview * pretty slow IMO, mgaapplet is *much* faster * GNOME3 update check is only done 1x/week or so, while mgaapplet checks every 3 hours (that is a gnome3 -dconf- setting, just think it should be aligned) * when packagekit works reliably, IMO nicest to only have packagekit as the updater instead of mgaapplet -- Regards, Olav
