Why is PackageKit needed for abrt?

[Rahul Sundaram]

On 12/13/2011 04:08 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Mon, 2011-12-12 at 15:42 -0500, Stephen Gallagher wrote:
>> On Mon, 2011-12-12 at 12:36 -0800, Steven I Usdansky wrote:
>>> It appears that upgrading abrt in F16 from 2.0.6-1 to 2.0.7-2 is going
>>> to require installation of PackageKit, which I long ago purged from my
>>> system. Just wondering, why the additional requirement?
>>>
>>
>> ABRT will pull down debuginfo packages when you file a bug so the
>> backtrace is usable. So it needs to have PackageKit around to handle
>> acquiring those packages.
> 
> Needs? Any reason it couldn't be done with debuginfo-install?

PackageKit provides a abstraction layer that makes Abrt more easily
reusable by other distributions willing to adopt it.  Broader adoption
often leads to a more robust software and thus a benefit to Fedora users
as well.

Rahul