[packagekit] PackageKit Proposal: Session Interface

[Sebastian Heinlein]

Am Freitag, den 01.06.2012, 12:23 -0300 schrieb Daniel Nicoletti: 
> 2012/6/1 Sebastian Heinlein <devel at glatzor.de>:

Hello Dantti,

> > I am not afraid of keeping a second copy of the cache open in the
> > session bus. This is already done by QApt or software-center. I am more
> > afraid of keeping a second sqlite cache inside packagekit. PackageKit
> > should stay a thin layer.
> Why do we need another sqlite cache? (that's not what I'm proposing)

I was referring to the GetDetails cache patch of Matthias.

> > Which package managers could support having the cache opened twice? Does
> > any backend require root privileges to access the cache?
> All of them? can't you yum search, zypper search, apt-get search... as user?

I am familiar with apt and to some extend with yum but I don't have got
any experiences with package managers of other distros.

Could app-per-user systems be also worth considering e.g. 0install?

Cheers,

Sebastian