[packagekit] PackageKit 1.2.8 released!

[Matthias Klumpp]

Hi!

A new PackageKit release is out, with mostly maintenance fixes as well
and featuring a brand new FreeBSD backend thanks to Gleb Popov.

Tarballs available here:
https://www.freedesktop.org/software/PackageKit/releases/

Enjoy!
    Matthias

Version 1.2.8
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Released: 2023-11-08

Libraries:
 * offline-updates: Make package update list deduplication more
efficient (Matthias Klumpp)
 * offline-updates: Add only one entry per package to
'offline-update-competed' file (sid)
 * PkClient: Replace the GSimpleAsyncResult with the GTask API (Corentin Noël)
 * pk-client: Fix use-before-set of PkProgress on cancellation (Philip Withnall)
 * pk-client: Move cancellable disconnect to dispose (Philip Withnall)
 * pk-client: Rework refcounting for PkClientState (Philip Withnall)

Backends:
 * apt/dnf: Adjust for upcoming AppStream 1.0 API (Matthias Klumpp)
 * dnf: Avoid downloading caches multiple times in one call (Alessandro Astone)
 * dnf: Better weigh the progress of download-only transactions
(Alessandro Astone)
 * dnf: Remove unused import from backends/dnf/notify_packagekit.py
(Gordon Messmer)
 * Revive PiSi backend (Erkan IŞIK)
 * freebsd: Add new FreeBSD backend (Gleb Popov)

Bugfixes:
 * tests: Exclusively use g_assert_true (Matthias Klumpp)
 * tests: Avoid bashisms in sh by using bash (Matthias Klumpp)
 * transaction: We only need to emit finished when we were committed
(Matthias Klumpp)

Miscellaneous:
 * tests: Restructure, enable daemon tests on CI (Matthias Klumpp)
 * ci: Modernize & launch dbus-daemon (Matthias Klumpp)
 * transaction: replace defunct www.packagekit.org URL with
freedesktop URL (Corentin Noël)
 * docs: Update outdated offline-updates.txt (sid)

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