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I think Ubuntu Software Store should be based on/use Packagekit instead
of gnome-app-install. I guess that would pretty much mean replace
packagekit-gnome.
This would give us all the advantages of Packagekit with the
functionality that this software is intended to bring. I think it is
important for us to contribute to this project which is under rapid
development and has gained much popularity and continues to do so.
I also think Ubuntu Software Store will gain a lot more support from the
community if it was based on/used Packagekit. Packagekit had strong
support in Ubuntu Brainstorm and was looked forward too by many since it
was marked in development since 8.10 on there.
Packagekit already has many advantages over gnome-app-install and these
will only continue to grow. By replacing packagekit-gnome with this will
give Ubuntu that uniqueness which other Distros using PK lack.
Kubuntu should also benefit from such a move since it already uses PK.
If for whatever reason this software failed and we were to go to PK, or
if PK advanced enough in a couple of years that it would make sense to
switch to PK, then using PK now would make things so much easier for a
transition should a time like that come.
It makes so much sense to use PK and how this was left behind is beyond
me. Work on this would progress so much better/faster too since we
already have a PK team and now the Software Store team as well as
upstream.
I really believe this should be heavily considered even if it means
delaying the integration of Software Store to Ubuntu.
** Affects: software-store (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Use Packagekit instead of gnome-app-install.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/423718
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