[packagekit] Packagekit information

[Tim Lauridsen]

Richard Hughes wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-10-06 at 09:12 +0200, Adrien BUSTANY wrote:
>> PK is an API to expose the underlying package manager, exposing some
>> data in the API doesn't mean it should be exposed in gpk.
>> On the other hand, I agree on the fact that we shouldn't clutter the
>> API either. But here it seems a reasonnable thing to add.
> 
> Right, I agree we should make the interface simple, but make the complex
> case possible. I do see time as 100 times more important than speed --
> speed just allows us to work out how long something is going to take.
> 
>>From a yum backend perspective, does it currently estimate:
> 
> * How long the transaction is going to take?
no, that is not possible
> * How long the current package is going to take when
> downloading/installing/removing?
it is possible to estimate downloading ETA, but not installation etc.

> * How long depsolving takes?

not possible to estimate, it is a iterative process so we don't know how 
may loops to take and how log it takes.

Tim