[packagekit] Adding support for "prepare" in transaction_flags

[Sebastian Heinlein]

Am Sonntag, den 03.06.2012, 14:48 +0100 schrieb Richard Hughes: 
> Hi all,
> 
> The new transaction_flags has a new bit that might be set. If the
> PREPARE bit is set, then it's important that the transaction that the
> backend has been asked to do is setup, all the files downloaded, but
> changes actually not made. This is different to simulate, as simulate
> doesn't actually download packages.
> 
> We're intending to use this heavily in GNOME 3.6, so it's kinda
> important to implement in the next few months. I've done zif, and I'll
> do yum on Monday with Nils.

What are the plans for 3.6 exactly? What will be the use case for the
PREPARE flag?
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