[packagekit] Python GTK Interface

[Richard Hughes]

On Fri, 2008-05-23 at 11:38 +0200, Sebastian Heinlein wrote:
> I would like to start integrating PackageKit into gnome-app-install and
> perhaps other applications written in Python. I will write about this in
> detail after the Ubuntu Developer Summit has ended.

Sounds like a plan.

> So I am wondering if it makes more sense to write a widget set in Python
> or wait for libpackagekit-gnome to appear and corresponding bindings?

Well, how does python/packagekit help you there? Isn't there a
frontend.py module that could get you started?

> What is your plan on this, Richard?

Well, I hope much of the shared code can be kept in the PK tarball to
share. It's certainly a good idea to make the frontend.py interface more
rich.

Richard.