Hello errors.ubuntu.com, or anyone else affected, Accepted packagekit into bionic-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/packagekit/1.1.9-1ubuntu2.18.04.3 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.
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