On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 11:52:54AM -0400, Jack Aboutboul wrote: > Paul W. Frields wrote: >> http://marilyn.frields.org:8080/~paul/wordpress/?p=1637 >> >> OK, ready for you guys to submit around as needed! >> >> > PackageKit in Fedora 11. > > In Fedora 11, we have a number of features that are the result of a > planned process of maturation. We often put new features into the > distribution with the purpose of garnering more information on how people > put a technology to work. Then that information can be digested by > developers to help them design and refine their software. It’s a > cultivation mentality: By focusing more attention on advanced > technologies, we help them mature and improve faster. Including them in a > popular, high-volume distribution whose mission is to advanced free and > open source software is a natural strategic fit. > > When PackageKit was first introduced to the masses, it was meant to > smooth out the experience of someone using the free desktop. In Fedora 9, > it provided mainly the functions to which long-time users were > accustomed. In Fedora 10, the first glimpse of the longer roadmap > appeared — on-demand codec installation. In Fedora 11, fonts and some > content types are also automatically handled for users. Entire > applications are on the horizon. > > As PackageKit maintainer Richard Hughes puts it, “Packages really aren’t > all that interesting” — at least not from the user perspective. The idea > is that people just want to be able to do what they sat down to do, > without thinking about the plumbing of their system. > > You can listen to this recording, in which I interviewed Richard about > the motivation behind PackageKit, what’s coming in the future, and the > danger of oddly-matched clothing. There are other recorded interviews for > Fedora 11 up at this wiki page. For those of you not using the fantastic > open codec support in HTML 5 and Firefox 3.1+, you can find the MP3 > version here. Thanks for posting this. -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ irc.freenode.net: stickster @ #fedora-docs, #fedora-devel, #fredlug -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
