[packagekit] APT-RPM

[Andres Vargas - zodman]

the smart backend ? what packager manager use ? or what distro use it ?

On 4/22/09, Sebastian Heinlein <glatzor at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Am Dienstag, den 21.04.2009, 19:30 -0400 schrieb Viper550:
>> Hello everyone. I've seen some pretty popular distros (well, only
>> PCLinuxOS, and to an extent Ark Linux), using apt-rpm as their package
>> manager. Both distros seem to be intended for newer users - but use
>> pretty sophisticated looking (Synaptic) or old and dated especially when
>> transitioning to KDE 4 (Kynaptic) package managers. The newer package
>> manager UI this uses looks pretty slick and modern, but of course they
>> are hindered because PackageKit does not have a backend for APT-RPM.
>>
>> This may require some new coding, since the current native APT plugin
>> uses dpkg internally so we're gonna have to figure out how to implement
>> it all.
>>
>> Anyone up for it?
>>
>> Viper550
>
> Hello,
>
> APT-RPM is not API compatible with Debian APT. Most likely the smart
> backend would be a better choice on these distros but I cannot comment
> on its state.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Sebastian
>