On 12/13/2011 04:08 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Mon, 2011-12-12 at 15:42 -0500, Stephen Gallagher wrote: >> On Mon, 2011-12-12 at 12:36 -0800, Steven I Usdansky wrote: >>> It appears that upgrading abrt in F16 from 2.0.6-1 to 2.0.7-2 is going >>> to require installation of PackageKit, which I long ago purged from my >>> system. Just wondering, why the additional requirement? >>> >> >> ABRT will pull down debuginfo packages when you file a bug so the >> backtrace is usable. So it needs to have PackageKit around to handle >> acquiring those packages. > > Needs? Any reason it couldn't be done with debuginfo-install?
PackageKit provides a abstraction layer that makes Abrt more easily reusable by other distributions willing to adopt it. Broader adoption often leads to a more robust software and thus a benefit to Fedora users as well. Rahul -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
