FESCo Meeting Minutes for 2011-10-31

[Kevin Kofler]

Stephen Gallagher wrote:
> * #683 - Zif as default PackageKit backend for desktop users -
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/ZifByDefaultForDesktop
> (sgallagh, 17:03:32)
> * AGREED: ZifByDefaultForDesktop is refused as a Feature for Fedora 17
> (sgallagh, 17:07:32)

IMHO refusing this was a bad idea when the more general rule was originally 
decided and is still a bad idea now. You're essentially blackmailing zif 
upstream: "Either you fully support command-line users or you will never be 
the default in Fedora's PackageKit." But command-line users and PackageKit 
users have different needs, having a requirement that both must use the same 
default backend can only hurt one or the other group of users. (Currently, 
we're hurting the PackageKit users, which should be the majority… Though 
there are still a lot of users using the command line, which I suspect is 
BECAUSE yum is a poor fit for PackageKit. See also 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=748790 .)

        Kevin Kofler