On 26/03/14 02:45 AM, Mark Lee wrote: > 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 bleeding edge, it's a bit strange for a package to be that out of date.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 You're welcome to add a libalpm backend to a newer version of PackageKit if you think it's worth your time.
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