On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 8:51 PM Luya Tshimbalanga <l...@fedoraproject.org> wrote: > > > We've managed to drop a lot of redundant code across the whole DNF stack > > in the past years, but we have reached a point when it's nearly > > impossible to consolidate the code any further without breaking the > > API/ABI. Especially with PackageKit being dead[1], we can't move with > > the old "libhif" API in libdnf, because making any bigger changes to > > PackageKit is clearly out of scope. > > > > [1] > > https://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2019/02/14/packagekit-is-dead-long-live-w... > > > > *Ahem* See the comments on the above links an the github is still active > https://github.com/hughsie/PackageKit > > The main issue related to PackageKit linked libdnf was the lack of > synchronization of the database. PackageKit was made to be cross-platform for > distributions with minimum reliance on specific distribution command, Losing > PackageKit would lead to yet another step back with multiple commands > difficult to remember thus another fragmentation.
The database has been synchronized since Fedora 24. However, the caches are not, and that *does* need to be fixed. The library interface for DNF already has APIs for this, PackageKit doesn't use them. -- 真実はいつも一つ！/ Always, there's only one truth! _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org
