GNOME-PackageKit packaging

[Julian Andres Klode]

On Sa, 2010-12-04 at 15:23 +0100, Julian Andres Klode wrote:
> We shall explore what we can do with PackageKit in this area, whether it
> is possible to enhance it to do what we need to do (by adding methods
> prefixed with Debian if needed); or whether we should go our own way.
> 
> Alternatives
> ============
> I do not know what Canonical's and {K,}Ubuntu's future plans are with
> regards to package management. I CCed mvo in the hope that he can
> outline their plans.

I had a very short discussion with mvo, and some more ideas. The
following explains the current state of plans I currently have and does
not necessarily represent the plans of future me, mvo, Canonical,
Ubuntu, your government, Santa Claus, or Rudolph, the red-nosed
reindeer.

So, the initial stack for wheezy could look like:
  * Backend service: PackageKit
  * Update management & notification: PackageKit
  * Application install/remove: Software Center on PackageKit
  * Package install/remove: PackageKit

The synaptic problem is solved like this [idea by mvo]:
  * Synaptic is removed from the dependencies of 'gnome' (=> not DVD1)
  * Synaptic is enhanced to install via PackageKit if not root
  * Extra functionality is done via an org.debian.Synaptic service

The future of software-center:
  * Replace the aptdaemon backend by a PackageKit one (for now: add one)

We will need some further enhancements to PackageKit, I am reporting
them in the BTS so we can track and/or fix this.
-- 
Julian Andres Klode  - Debian Developer, Ubuntu Member

See http://wiki.debian.org/JulianAndresKlode and http://jak-linux.org/.

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