[packagekit] Documentation
Rahul Sundaram
sundaram at fedoraproject.org
Mon Mar 31 19:12:29 PDT 2008
Matthias Clasen wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 7:40 PM, Rahul Sundaram
> <sundaram at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
>
>> > Conceptually:
>> >
>> > - I think it would be good to have at least a superficial explanation
>> > of the PackageKit architecture and its advantages - ie the fact that
>> > you can start a long-running update/installation and log out without
>> > risking an inconsistent system. Or the fact that operation are queued
>> > up, and multiple users don't lock each other out.
>>
>> How does all this happen?
>
> Most of this is facilitated by the fact that packagekitd runs as a
> system bus service outside the user session. I've added a paragraph
> about this to the introduction now.
Ok. One more question related to this. Is gpk-prefs settings like auto
update still active even if the user logs out? What happens if different
users have different settings?
Also if find a sub menu called system under a main menu called system a
bit confusing.
Rahul
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