[packagekit] Bundles

[Richard Hughes]

On Wed, 2008-06-04 at 14:57 -0400, Elliot Peele wrote:
> > Sure, and sometimes files aren't either. I think a bundle gives the
> > person packaging enough flexibility to do this.
> 
> Sure, I just worry that we are going to end up with distro specific
> bundles which kinda defeats the purpose of PackageKit.

Sure, but they are all in the same file - I can do gpk-install-bundle
foo.bundle on any system:

InstallPackages(fedora)=PolicyKit
InstallPackages(ubuntu)=policykit

> > File requires also mean downloading big filelists (10Mb+) which some
> > users may not be able to do.
> 
> This requirement doesn't apply to all package managers.

Sure, point taken, thanks.

Richard.