PackageKit and default update strategy

[Karsten 'quaid' Wade]

On Fri, 2008-03-14 at 14:47 -0400, Robin Norwood wrote:
> So, Jeremy helped me 'flip the switches' to turn PackageKit into the
> default GUI package installer and updater for the F9 beta.  Pup and
> Pirut are still available, but not installed by default.  There will no
> doubt be bugs. There are some places where PK lacks functionality that
> pirut/pup have.

Sorry, wasn't feature freeze 11 March?  Changing default applications
after feature freeze is OK?  After string freeze?  Gosh, I hope
translators predicted this and began work on PackageKit.

This change affects documentation pretty deeply.  Our goal has always
been to first document the default applications.  We have a lot of
content around using pup/pirut in the release notes, Desktop User Guide,
and Software Management Guide.  

For example, we are right now finishing and converting the release notes
from the wiki to XML.  These are the Preview Release notes, which go out
to translators tomorrow so we have them in time for the actual PR.

If some kind soul hadn't pointed out to me this last minute switch, I
would have blissfully followed the features page for PK:

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/PackageKit

... that states, "I recommend we add PackageKit to Fedora 9, as an
alternative package management system."  Not default, _alternative_.

When you all make decision that change default applications, it is your
responsibility to at least update your feature page.  Better than that,
send a note to Docs team that you have made the switch.  Otherwise, you
inconvenience the handful of us and the hundreds of translators who
would have had tons of wasted work because of this switch in defaults.

If you don't know, it is quite easy to contribute to the release notes:

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/ReleaseNotes/Process#Six_Ways_to_Submit_a_Release_Note

- Karsten
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