Bug#705692: transition: packagekit

[Matthias Klumpp <mak@debian.org>]

2013/6/26 Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>:
> On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 18:53:27 +0200, Matthias Klumpp wrote:
>
>> So, we would have these options at time:
>>  1) Remove the compat-layer - aptdaemon will remain functional, and
>> the PK dependency will be eliminated
>>  2) Wait for the PK 0.8.x support to be completed upstream
>>
> If "wait" means having different versions of packagekit in sid and
> testing for an extended period then I'm very much not in favor of that.
> I need the path clear for new kde/gnome packages to get into jessie at
> some point soon.  So either packagekit 0.8 is able to move to jessie
> soon, or we revert to 0.7 in sid until 0.8 is ready.
That would be unfortunate, since the 0.8.x series contains tons of
bugfixes, some of them are very important for Debian, and some of the
new functions are required (= it works better with PK 0.8.x) in newer
GNOME releases.
I spoke to Julian, and we agreed to remove the compat-layer from the
Aptdaemon package for now, with the option to reintroduce it later, if
necessary.
The new packages will be in place withing the next few days.
Regards,
    Matthias