** Description changed: This is a tracking bug to switch gnome-software from the Ubuntu-specific apt backend to the PackageKit backend used by other distros. In particular this Prequisite: packagekit 1.1.4 To build, just uncomment the commented-out packagekit lines in gnome- - software's debian/control and debian/rules and remove libapt-pkg-dev + software's debian/control.in and debian/rules and remove libapt-pkg-dev from Build-Depends. Changes ======= - It fixes some annoying bugs lingering in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: bug 1551599 and bug 1575426 and this recent zesty regression: bug 1640741 . - On an individual app page, Source is listed as something like 'ubuntu- zesty-universe' or ubuntu-yakkety-updates-main' or 'lp-ppa-gnome3-team- gnome3-staging-yakkety-main' instead of just 'Ubuntu' - On an individual app page, apps from multiverse or restricted will show License as 'Proprietary' (example: VirtualBox or Devede ). This also happens for locally installed apps (i.e. not matching what's in your apt sources). I don't think it happens for PPAs since everything in a PPA is in 'main'. - The Installed apps list is dramatically shorter. It looks like some sort of bug. If you search for a specific app you can still remove it. My already installed gnome-clocks app did not show in the list, but once I removed and installed it using gnome-software it then showed in the Installed list. - If you install an app using GNOME Software (or I assume another PackageKit app), it lists the date it was last installed or updated on the individual app page with a link to see its update history. - Any update, no matter how small, is only permitted as an offline update. The button says "Restart & Install". It does seem to work fine though. - Another bug is that installing or Removing an app inside GNOME Software is enough for it to "forget" about available Updates and think that everything is "up to date".
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