[Mageia-dev] RPM features/issues/wishlist

Sun Oct 16 23:22:53 CEST 2011

On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 01:13:23AM +0200, Per Øyvind Karlsen wrote:
+> In the scenario for how I'd like to see packagekit adopted for Mandriva and MPM
+> for instance, I'm kinda expecting having to go ahead and just
+> implement and maintain
+> some features in our own backend only that might not be part of
+> packagekit's features
+> or supported by other frontends for it etc. (at least not immediately).
+
+I really like packagekit as a simplified tool. For more advanced usage,
+I think it is fine if another tool exists.
+
+Stuff that atm is not nicely working in 'packagekit':
+* sometimes hangs when updating
+* doesn't differentiate security updates vs "core os" vs application
+  updates
+  --> packagekit under gnome3 will automatically apply all security
+  updates, plus provide a simplified overview
+* pretty slow IMO, mgaapplet is *much* faster
+* GNOME3 update check is only done 1x/week or so, while mgaapplet checks
+  every 3 hours (that is a gnome3 -dconf- setting, just think it should
+  be aligned)
+* when packagekit works reliably, IMO nicest to only have packagekit as
+  the updater instead of mgaapplet
+
+-- 
+Regards,
+Olav
+