-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 03/25/2014 08:43 PM, Armin K. wrote: > 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. > Salutations, I can't find that thread, can you point me to it? Since Arch is bleeding edge, it's a bit strange for a package to be that out of date. Regards, Mark -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAlMyd5oACgkQZ/Z80n6+J/aosQD+PXKMQn50IbZN3z9K3hngxLnM 9Fy8K+J0vahD1D+VXPEA/3eMZH4g0Us8td7KL8FjBXlhorgXhn/TAZ28uo56SJQ/ =9EuZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
