On 03/26/2014 01:26 AM, Karol Babioch wrote: > Hi, > > now that GNOME 3.12 has been released and probably will hit the repos in > the next couple of days/weeks, I'm wondering what the current status of > "Software" is [1]? This is an application similar to an app store in the > mobile world. > > I couldn't find it in the repos, and I wouldn't expect it to even work > without some patching, because obviously it would have to be integrated > into the packet management system. The only reference I could find in > regards to Arch Linux was a forum thread from last year [2], which > basically ended up in a mess without any real answers. > > On the other hand I may have missed it, because GNOME is really good in > using generic terms like "Software" and "Web" to name their > applications, which are not great to search for :'(. > > I'm not interested in another flame war about GNOME, when it hits the > repos and things like that. I just want to know whether this particular > application is available/works and if not what the technical hurdles > would be to make it work and whether it is feasible to get it working in > the near term. Arguably users of Arch Linux are expected to know how to > use use the command line (including pacman) and I'm fine with that, but > I wouldn't mind to be able to browse an app store, just for the fun of > it ;). > > Best regards, > Karol Babioch > > [1]: https://wiki.gnome.org/Design/Apps/Software > [2]: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=170223 > Not that I am much aware of the state of this, but from what I've seen, the package requires packagekit. Archlinux packagekit package is fairly old and I doubt that it can be used by gnome-software. There was a thread on one of archlinux mailing lists regarding packagekit not so long ago, but even after that thread, packagekit still remained at version 0.7 which was released 2 years ago, while 0.8 (maybe even 0.9) is the latest available version. -- Note: My last name is not Krejzi.
