On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 01:43:57AM +0100, 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. > > -- > Note: My last name is not Krejzi. Note on packagekit: The guys at Antergos started the port of the alpm backend to 0.8 but it seems it's a lot more work than first anticipated. Currently I don't have sufficient time to digg into this myself to get our alpm backend on par with the latest packagekit again. -- Ike
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