PackageKit run scheduling?

Robin Laing Robin.Laing at drdc-rddc.gc.ca
Fri Apr 24 18:21:18 UTC 2009


Richard Hughes wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-04-22 at 18:29 +0000, Beartooth wrote:
>> Not to be contentious, but because I want to know if I'm missing 
>> anything : what is the benefit of running PackageKit, rather than "yum 
>> clean all" followed by "yum update" at *my* convenience daily? 
> 
> Well, codec installing, mime type installing, font installing, plugin
> and dictionary installing.... removing the whole infrastructure makes a
> lot of the other bits stop working. It's perfectly okay to leave it
> installed, and just not let it ever check for updates itself. It also
> allows you to use yum and rpm directly without getting in the way.
> 
> Have a look at www.packagekit.org if you need to see use-cases and
> screenshots. Thanks.
> 
> Richard.
> 
> 

I can do all these with Yumex which interface I prefer.  I tried 
packagekit when I installed F10 but still found yumex is better.

I removed it.

I may try it again when F11 comes out.

-- 
Robin Laing




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