<html> <head> <style></style> </head> <body class='hmmessage'> It would make more sense to use the APTCC backend. > Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:18:12 +0200 > From: matthias@nlinux.org > To: packagekit@lists.freedesktop.org > Subject: [packagekit] Implementation of searchFiles in APT backend > > Hello! > I'm the author of the Listaller toolset. [1] > This project uses PackageKit to communicate with the package management > system of the current distribution. It is essential for us to use > searchFile for not installed packages, so we can find the required packages > for a binary or script. > Unfortunately this function needs extra-data on Debian based distros (I > asked this some time ago [2]). > So I included an apt-file based workaround to our PackageKit interface, so > it now works. But I would like to see those option in PackageKit too, > because I don't like this hack. > I am not a very experienced Python programmer (I do not really like > Python), but I can program in C++. Would it be accepted if I build a patch > for the APT-Backend which uses the apt-file tool do detect the dependency, > if apt-file is present? Or should I better add the function directly to a > backend? (Apt-file is written in Perl, I never wrote any line in Perl) > (This would require a flag to activate download of apt-files's extra data) > Which backend is the "best" at time? We have the APT-Python backend and > APTCC. Last time I heard that APTCC will implement the changes made on > Debian's debconf very fast, also there is active development on this > backend. But APT is default on Kubuntu... > I hope you can help me with my questions! > Regards > Matthias > > ------- > [1]: Listaller is an application management & install suite focused on > applications, not on packages like PackageKit. > The goal of this project is not make software management on Linux as easy > as on MacOS-X and cross-distribution. (look at Ubuntu: They invented > AppCenter, which only runs on Ubuntu/Debian) > [2]: > http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/packagekit/2009-August/005277.html > _______________________________________________ > PackageKit mailing list > PackageKit@lists.freedesktop.org > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/packagekit <hr />New Windows 7: Find the right PC for you. <a href='http://windows.microsoft.com/shop' target='_new'>Learn more.</a></body> </html>