On Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 10:16:08AM -0800, Bart Smaalders wrote:
> Note that the packaging code doesn't really keep track of
> how self-assembly is done; it's all part of the metadata
> in the packages themselves.

That's true, but users need a way to find the status of this.  And there
is a relationship to packaging: it is a package installation, after all,
that initiates self-assembly when the SMF (or other) actuator fires and
completes.

> Any mechanisms for doing this should not focus on pkg gui
> interaction since that gui won't be running after rebooting
> to a new boot environment.

True, but when users log in the updatemanager does start and dock
itself.

Nico
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