> So, do I understand you correctly that you as Yum/Dnf guys would
be ok to
> have a different backend for GUI and non-GUI use cases as mentioned in
> this thread and agreed by FESCo previously? I'd be more than happy to
> see your sign off for this change and state this too there.
Well, it's a bit more complicated than that. Obviously there would be a
"problem" with both programs offering different combinations of packages in
some
cases. But combined with the fact that the use case/target group of users
(applications vs. packages) is different for both, I don't think it would be
that much of an issue.
Wouldn't it be easier to keep gpk-application and gpk-update-viewer installed and set
as default applications, and provide AppInstaller as an alternative, experimental program
(also installed by default, perhaps)? In F20 conservative users could continue using gpk-*
and interested users could start playing with AppInstaller. In F21 AppInstaller can be
deemed stable and gpk-* can be removed from the default install.