GNOME-PackageKit packaging

[Julian Andres Klode]

On Mo, 2010-12-06 at 20:57 +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> Le lundi 06 décembre 2010 à 18:24 +0100, Julian Andres Klode a écrit : 
> > 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
> 
> I sincerely hope that either you misunderstood what Michael said, or
> that I misunderstood what you wrote. I have too high an opinion of him
> to accept that he could seriously propose something as disastrous.
> 
The 'idea by' should be 'based on an idea by'. He wrote that synaptic
could run as a user and install/remove via PackageKit or aptdaemon. I
just enhanced it with the first and last point.

Removal from 'gnome' package: Really, synaptic is a tool for experienced
users. For most cases, gpk-application provides equal functionality. We
could instead also disable gpk-application and ship synaptic, though.

Extra service: We currently do some things out of PackageKit's scope,
and would need to provide them in a different manner.

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Julian Andres Klode  - Debian Developer, Ubuntu Member

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