[packagekit] Slackware backend

[Sasa Ostrouska]

On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 10:48 AM, Eugen Wissner <belka.ew at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi peeps,
>
> I already wrote in april 2013 (
> http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/packagekit/2013-April/026054.html)
> that I want to have PackageKit working on Slackware. I wanted to update
> slapt-get backend at that time. But we decided in our team (dropline gnome)
> to write a new backend. The main reason was: using of native slackware
> package management instead of slapt-get.
>
> And now I think I can announce this backend. It has been already tested a
> bit because we used it (patched PK) in the project, though I've rewritten a
> lot since that time because I've made some wrong decisions at the
> beginning.. But main functionality is implemented and the backend is
> working with the latest PackageKit.
>
> It is a C-backend, its codename is "Katja". The code can be get from svn:
>
> https://sourceforge.net/p/dropline-gnome/code/HEAD/tree/packagekit/pkgtools/
> The patch I use to add it to the PK:
>
> https://sourceforge.net/p/dropline-gnome/code/HEAD/tree/packagekit/pkgtools.patch
>
> I'm planning to continue the work on it, will commit updates, add missing
> functionality in the next time. So I hope I will be able to contribute to
> the PK developement.
>
> Best regards
> Eugene Wissner
>
> Hi Eugene , again , many thanks for your great effort, and I really hope
to see this included in the PackageKit core so we can work on it from there
rather than continue patching the sources and give this functionality to
slackware users.
>From my side you have all the needed support.

Rgds
Saxa
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