[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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