[packagekit] Dynamic Groups in Packagekit

[Anders F Björklund]

Tim Lauridsen wrote:

> 2. the packagekit groups are hardcoded, so the distro has no way to  
> add
> special groups, important to the distro.
>
> The reasons that current pk groups are hardcoded are:
> * limit the number of groups
> * add specific icons to the groups
> * translate the group names.
>
> I like the idea to make pk-application more flexible and give distro
> some ways to control the groups shown, without losing some of the
> current benefit.

Another problem is when you have a backend supporting
multiple package formats and package repositories...

Now the shown group selection is the superset of all
that are available, but not necessarily "right now".
So half of the groups could end up empty, which is
somewhat confusing after you've clicked a group.

--anders