[packagekit] Status of the APT backend

[Tim Lauridsen]

Matthias Clasen wrote:
>
> 
> For PackageKit to be successful it has to focus on nailing one use
> case successfully, and the one that it started out with it
> (semi-)automatic updates. Trying to shoehorn fully-fledged
> "show-me-everything-about-the-packaging-system" tools like synaptic or
> yumex on top of it is causing considerable feature drag. Just see the
> feature requests we have seen here recently, about support lifetimes
> and whatnot.
> There is a very real danger that PackageKit will end up as a failure
> if we don't focus on the 'packaging system neutral updater' use case.
> 
> 
I couldn't agree more.

Tim