[packagekit] Slackware backend

[Eugen Wissner]

Thanks, Sasa.

Richard, I created an account, my username is "belka". Should I also update
configure.ac and backends/Makefile.am?


2013/12/19 Sasa Ostrouska <casaxa at gmail.com>

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> On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 10:48 AM, Eugen Wissner <belka.ew at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> Hi peeps,
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>> I already wrote in april 2013 (
>> http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/packagekit/2013-April/026054.html)
>> that I want to have PackageKit working on Slackware. I wanted to update
>> slapt-get backend at that time. But we decided in our team (dropline gnome)
>> to write a new backend. The main reason was: using of native slackware
>> package management instead of slapt-get.
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>> And now I think I can announce this backend. It has been already tested a
>> bit because we used it (patched PK) in the project, though I've rewritten a
>> lot since that time because I've made some wrong decisions at the
>> beginning.. But main functionality is implemented and the backend is
>> working with the latest PackageKit.
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>> It is a C-backend, its codename is "Katja". The code can be get from svn:
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>> https://sourceforge.net/p/dropline-gnome/code/HEAD/tree/packagekit/pkgtools/
>> The patch I use to add it to the PK:
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>> https://sourceforge.net/p/dropline-gnome/code/HEAD/tree/packagekit/pkgtools.patch
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>> I'm planning to continue the work on it, will commit updates, add missing
>> functionality in the next time. So I hope I will be able to contribute to
>> the PK developement.
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>> Best regards
>> Eugene Wissner
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>> Hi Eugene , again , many thanks for your great effort, and I really hope
> to see this included in the PackageKit core so we can work on it from there
> rather than continue patching the sources and give this functionality to
> slackware users.
> From my side you have all the needed support.
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> Rgds
> Saxa
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