F20 Self Contained Change: Application Installer

[Kevin Fenzi]

On Wed, 10 Jul 2013 13:02:24 +0200
Jaroslav Reznik <jreznik at redhat.com> wrote:

> = Proposed Self Contained Change: Application Installer =
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/AppInstaller
> 
> Change owner(s): Richard Hughes <rhughes at redhat.com>, together with
> the desktop team
> 
> We will replace the existing gnome-packagekit frontends
> (gpk-update-viewer and gpk-application) by a new application. 

Would there be any value in keeping those around for a cycle or so for
folks that prefer package centric updates? Or better to just ask them
to move to yum/yumex/apper now?

...snip...

> To improve some problematic aspects of the updates user experience
> (long waits, locks), we will use the new hawkey backend for
> PackageKit. 
(echo issue with a different backend that Toshio had)
 
> == Scope ==
> Proposal owners:
> * Implement minimal required functionality for application
> installation in gnome-software
> * Implement minimal required functionality for updates in
> gnome-software
> * Replace gpkg-update-viewer
> * Package gnome-software
> * Include a hawkey backend in PackageKit and use it 
> 
> Other developers:
> * Use gnome-software instead of gpk-update-viewer when dealing with
> updates in gnome-settings-daemon, gnome-shell and
> gnome-control-center 

I'm assuming this will be desktop/gnome centric? Or would it all just
work in Xfce/LXDE/ratpoision sessions?
 
> Release engineering:
> * Make metadata available for packaged applications in Fedora
> (screenshots, icons, ratings,...). Not all of this needs to be in
> place for F20 

Can you expand on these exact needs? What exactly is required for f20? 
What is post f20? 
 
> Policies and guidelines:
> * No immediate changes needed; longer-term, we probably want to make
> changes to way applications are distributed and installed

Can you expand on that? In what way?

> * The update experience will also benefit from proposed changes to
> batch updates 

Is that part of this proposal? Or something else?

kevin
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