On 7 March 2013 11:27, Allan Day <allanpday@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > First of all, it is important that the Software application can be > used without long lag times, delays or (worse) locks. This applies to > almost all aspects of the application: 100% agree. > With my downstream hat on, I would say that one of the big issues with > the GNOME PackageKit front ends on Fedora is yum locks. Fedora basically has three options here: * Make yum be able to run system transactions run in parallel like Zif * Install applications in Glick2 bundles rather than packages and sidestep rpm completely * Actually install the applications once the user has finished browsing (which would suck) > Does anyone know who we should be talking to? The yum developers I've talked to about parallel transactions do not want to cater to this use-case. I'm not having the same argument I had 2 years ago, so I'll leave things at that. > Obviously it > should be possible to see your installed applications and remove them > when you are offline. Agreed, we can do that now. > available. That said, I think it is acceptable to offer a reduced > experience when offline, whether that means not showing the full range > of information about applications, not providing search functionality, > or limiting app installation to online only. My current plan was to allow searching for software, but things like screenshots, tags and ratings would be unavailable. Richard -- desktop mailing list desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop
