PackageKit podcast post

[Paul W. Frields]

On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 11:52:54AM -0400, Jack Aboutboul wrote:
> Paul W. Frields wrote:
>> http://marilyn.frields.org:8080/~paul/wordpress/?p=1637
>>
>> OK, ready for you guys to submit around as needed!
>>
>>   
> PackageKit in Fedora 11.
>
> In Fedora 11, we have a number of features that are the result of a  
> planned process of maturation. We often put new features into the  
> distribution with the purpose of garnering more information on how people 
> put a technology to work. Then that information can be digested by 
> developers to help them design and refine their software. It’s a  
> cultivation mentality: By focusing more attention on advanced  
> technologies, we help them mature and improve faster. Including them in a 
> popular, high-volume distribution whose mission is to advanced free and 
> open source software is a natural strategic fit.
>
> When PackageKit was first introduced to the masses, it was meant to  
> smooth out the experience of someone using the free desktop. In Fedora 9, 
> it provided mainly the functions to which long-time users were  
> accustomed. In Fedora 10, the first glimpse of the longer roadmap  
> appeared — on-demand codec installation. In Fedora 11, fonts and some  
> content types are also automatically handled for users. Entire  
> applications are on the horizon.
>
> As PackageKit maintainer Richard Hughes puts it, “Packages really aren’t  
> all that interesting” — at least not from the user perspective. The idea  
> is that people just want to be able to do what they sat down to do,  
> without thinking about the plumbing of their system.
>
> You can listen to this recording, in which I interviewed Richard about  
> the motivation behind PackageKit, what’s coming in the future, and the  
> danger of oddly-matched clothing. There are other recorded interviews for 
> Fedora 11 up at this wiki page. For those of you not using the fantastic 
> open codec support in HTML 5 and Firefox 3.1+, you can find the MP3 
> version here.

Thanks for posting this.

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