[packagekit] Status of the APT backend

[Sebastian Heinlein]

Am Mittwoch, den 20.02.2008, 15:09 -0500 schrieb Robin Norwood:
> I think the 'application' concept is best handled in a webapp/web
> service context, with PackageKit providing the client-side abstraction
> of 'install this package'.  There's just too much data already that we
> don't want to have to package up separately (desktop files, icons).
> Plus a web app/service can store and deal with lots of other data the
> packaging system doesn't want or need to deal with.

I would not like to drop users who don't have got an Internet connection
available. The basic application installation/removal has to work
offline too.

But I agree to store additional information e.g. screenshots at a web
site.
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