On 02/02/2017 07:13 AM, Josh Boyer wrote: > On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 10:40 AM, Stephen Gallagher <sgallagh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On 02/01/2017 10:34 AM, Neal Gompa wrote: >>> On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 10:31 AM, Stephen Gallagher <sgallagh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> >>>> What's the advantage here vs. providing a "Python Classroom Lab" install target >>>> in GNOME Software that allows you to turn any Fedora Workstation installation >>>> into a Classroom Lab? >>>> >>> >>> GNOME Software can't do that. As far as I know, there's no >>> way to expose installable groups in GNOME Software. Apper (in KDE) has >>> some capability for it, but the PackageKit backend (dnf backend) has >>> no support for it because it was not implemented because GNOME >>> Software has no support for groups. >>> >> >> Sure it can; you just create a metapackage that Requires/Recommends: all of the >> members of the comps group and add AppData XML and a logo to that metapackage. > > Um... that sounds like a hack to work around the fact that GNOME > Software doesn't have support for groups. I'm not sure that > suggestion is fixing the right problem. > Well, I'm not sure it *can* be solved without a master package, because something needs to provide AppData and logos.
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