Bug#722316: ITP: gnome-software -- GNOME Software Tools
2014-10-01 13:21 GMT+02:00 filorin <filorin@gmx.com>:
> Hi guys !
>
> I recently sent a message to the gnome-packagers about Gnome Software's
> introduction in Debian.
>
> Here's the reply :
>
>> There's been work to package it, but not all the dependencies were in >
>> Debian at the time. I don't know what the current status is, but you >
>> could ask on the ITP: #722316.
>
> So, what's new ? Gnome 3.14 is about to be included in testing before the
> Freeze (5/11/2014). It should be good to also include "Software" because a
> software center becomes essential nowadays.
Yes, but the software-center is 100% useless without the required
metadata ;-) Just recently, appstream-glib, the second AppStream-lib
which GS uses, has gained DEP-11 support to theoretically run on
Debian systems.
The code my SoC student wrote to make AppStrem work on Debian is
unfortunately not ready, and probably won't be in-time for Jessie
(see[1]).
I am putting a lot of work into this, but the task is still far from
being complete ;-)
But since Jessie will receive GNOME 3.14, the GS issue becomes a bit
bigger now, since lots of essential system maintenance stuff (e.g.
(offline)updates, update-notifications, ...) has been merged into GS,
so we need it in Jessie.
There are some backup-plans in place to get at least some AppStream
metadata into Jessie, if the FTP-Masters allow it. However, for full
support, with good screenshots and stuff, we need the dak code ready,
and the necessary bits implemented in Apt.
I will post a longer update as soon as I am out of my semi-VAC.
Cheers,
Matthias
P.S: This bug is owned by me, but the package will be maintained by
the Debian GNOME team and me in the end (it belongs under the GNOME
umbrella) - all hard dependencies for GS should be in place in Debian,
so the GS package could be made available already, although with only
a small percentage of it's functionality.
[1]: https://github.com/abhi11/tanglu-dak/issues
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