On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 1:41 PM, Sebastian Heinlein <[email protected]> wrote: > A valid question is: Why not replace AptDaemon by PackageKit at all? The > answer is that we need a highly integrated backend for software-center: > chaining of transactions, storing meta-data in transactions, handling of > purchases, downloading while installing (coming feature), inheritance of > PolicyKit priviliges, configuration file conflict support, fast adding > of new API (e.g. AddLicenseKey) ...
As a developer who have worked on the experimental PackageKit backend for software-center, and struggled with API differences and incompatibility, I think this is a good decision, and look forward supporting your work. Cheers, Alex -- ubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
