[packagekit] Status of the APT backend

[Patryk Zawadzki]

On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 8:43 PM, Matthias Clasen
<matthias.clasen at gmail.com> 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.

That's exactly what I meant in the other thread. Sorry if the way I
expressed my feelings caused any confusion or was taken for an attack
on Ubuntu guys.

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Patryk Zawadzki
PLD Linux Distribution