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On 20 March 2010 11:16, Petteri Räty <betelgeuse@g.o> wrote: |
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> Last year we had a project for PackageKit integration that was never |
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> integrated into the main tree. I would rather continue that work and |
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> then any PackageKit GUI could be used with Portage. |
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I agree, it would indeed be nice to have a portage integration in |
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PackageKit, but given the rather unique way of handling packages in Gentoo, |
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I would consider PackageKit to be a rather poor choice for a package |
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manager. |
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USE flags, inability to resolve circular dependencies properly and of course |
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the advanced compile configuration that Gentoo offers are hard, if not |
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impossible to be handled by PackageKit. Which is why I think that, even if |
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there was a working integration of portage, it would not be used much. The |
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problem with Gentoo is that it more often than not requires the users to |
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make a choice instead of just settling for a package and clicking install. |
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--Patrick Lerner |
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