Comment 63 for bug 342671

Adept does not install plugins for applications or apps which can handle a new file format automatically.
If I write an application, which installs e.g. a plugin automatically from the repositories, I don't want any dependency on APT cause the application should work on Fedora too. The solution is PackageKit.
There is Nautilus integration planned, and on Fedora, PackageKit already does all installing stuff. Also, the Anjuta IDE will use Pkit to install plugins.

> "PackageKit itself is a system activated daemon called packagekitd"
> Not true. It runs on the background all the time on my Kubuntu 9.10
Really? The daemon has a timeout, it will shutdown after some time of inactivity.

Maybe the decision to use PackageKit in Kubuntu was a little bit to early, but basically it was a good choice. If PackageKit gets the missing features, it may replace aptdaemon in Ubuntu too.
But now, please go back to topic. (The advantages and disadvantages of pkit are not the topic of this bug report) I wonder why noone has already complained about the off-topic here.
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