Graphical Distribution Upgrades

[Luya Tshimbalanga]

On 07/04/15 09:40 AM, Michael Catanzaro wrote:
> Well, it should be implemented in GNOME Software: that much we're sure 
> of. Here are our designs:
>
> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gnome-design-team/gnome-mockups/34b4e009330363c7e6f0b3af79bcb127c7baf040/software/version2/wire-os-upgrades.png
>
> I don't mind using fedup to perform the upgrade, but I'd prefer it to 
> be done in some distro-agnostic way (so PackageKit is strongly-
> indicated, at least), so that other distros can use GNOME Software for 
> upgrades, too.
>
> PackageKit actually used to support distro upgrades. Richard deleted 
> the code a year or two ago because nobody was using it.
>
>
It will be the time to revive the code because some other distributions
notably Arch are increasingly adopting Gnome Software. If that mechanism
was left unused, what were its shortcoming?

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