Greetings, My name is Patrick Klingemann.  I've been passively following PackageKit development since the announcement of its inclusion in Fedora 9.  I noticed a bug in application while testing Fedora 9 (rawhide) and submitted it to the Fedora bugzilla hoping to help the cause.  I learned a little along the way and became interested in contributing.  I'm new to Open Source development, but I'm experienced with Open Source Software and I am an experienced developer.  My purpose will be to learn, to stay out of the way of the maintainers and core developers and hopefully to contribute something of value. Richard mentioned that he plans to integrate PackageKit with Seahorse and after doing some research, this looks like a very interesting area in which to contribute, however, I am open to suggestions and direction. I was able to pull down the source from the git repository and I'm hoping for a little direction to get started tinkering.  What tools are most commonly used for development of PackageKit (IDE's, build tools, etc.)?  Is there any other information that would be important to know before I get started? Looking forward to getting started! Patrick