Fedora 9 Beta, PackageKit and system-config-printer

[Jeremy Katz]

On Sun, 2008-03-16 at 17:03 +0000, Richard Hughes wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-03-13 at 17:41 +0000, Tim Waugh wrote:
> > I was sort of hoping that /usr/bin/system-install-packages would
> > eventually be implemented using PackageKit.  That's what had been
> > hinted at previously.
> 
> (sorry for the delay, no Internet access all weekend)
> 
> Already done. You just have to use:
> 
> pk-install-file $THE_FILE_NEEDED
> or
> pk-install-package $THE_PACKAGE_NEEDED
> 
> We probably need to symlink system-install-packages and use the
> alternatives mechanism for backwards compat.

The difference between pk-install-file and pk-install-package (or the
non-existent pk-install-by-provides-name) is pretty arbitrary and not
necessarily something that a user is going to know.  That's why
system-install-packages supported both from a single frontend.  It
probably makes sense to implement similar and maybe even reuse the UI
for system-install-packages under PackageKit

And there's no need for alternatives, because supporting two packaging
UIs is insane.  We really don't have that kind of resources.  Instead,
we're going to actually *make* decisions and choose.

Jeremy