[packagekit] Packagekit and Ubuntu

[Matthias Klumpp]

> On Wed Sep 16 17:33:49 +0100 2009 Richard Hughes wrote:
>> You've got to ask yourself, how many end users are going to be
>> installing MySQL using PackageKit GUI tools?
> 
> PackageKit is not just a GUI, it's also an API. You are also limiting the
> tools that can be built on top of this API. That you have an API
> specialised
> for those particular use cases may hinder adoption of it.

Yes, this is the problem! Also user may want to install packages with
pkcon. What do you do if an application which the users wants to install
via a GUI interface depends e.g. on MySQL?
 
 Regards
  Matthias