On Sunday, October 31, 2010 11:35:38 am you wrote: > > [...] the inclusion of this product in any distribution was both > > misguided and ego driven. > > Ah, so you know all the reasons why KPackageKit was developed, you know > what exactly PackageKit is and you know the decisions why PK/KPK was > included into all distributions? I don't think so, otherwise you won't > think the decision was "misguided" or "ego-driven".
I do know what the product is. I've been doing software development for over 25 years. It's inclusion was misguided, ego driven, and WRONG. > > > It's a bug-ridden half-arsed attempt to replace Synaptic > > It's not designed to replace Synaptic. KPK provides access to basic > package-management features most users need and will ever need. If you > need Synaptic, install it or try Muon. It was designed to satisfy a "me too" programmer ego and it meets little to none of the needed functionality. > > > It has been two years and we are still blind as to how much will be > > downloaded at any one time. > > How do you mean? KPK provides information about the download speed and the > package sizes. Open this worthless product. Click on Development Packages. Click on Anjuta IDE. Do you see a download size presented? No. Click on Install. Do you see a download size presented? No. Do you see a list of dependancy packages which have to be installed when you install this and their download sizes? No. Click on Apply. Do you get a final list with all the download sizes? No. Even the "details" provided during the download are worthless. This project is a COMPLETE and TOTAL failure. It meets only the "me too" developer needs who happen to have a limitless cable connection and does not even begin to address the needs of the "average" user who has limited bandwidth either via dial-up, satellite, or wireless broadband which is > 2/3rds of all Internet users (and one of the main reasons you will find "vzw" in the address of most chat room users from the U.S. > > I suggest you should give KPK on Maverick a try, so we can close this > bug report or work on a patch. See above. -- Roland Hughes, President Logikal Solutions http://www.theminimumyouneedtoknow.com http://www.infiniteexposure.net No U.S. troops have ever lost their lives defending our ethanol reserves. -- kpackagekit waxes all Internet bandwidth until reboot https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/425280 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
