Public bug reported:
This is a tracking bug to switch gnome-software from the Ubuntu-specific
apt backend to the PackageKit backend used by other distros. In
particular this
Prequisite: packagekit 1.1.4
To build, just uncomment the commented-out packagekit lines in gnome-
software's debian/control and debian/rules and remove libapt-pkg-dev
from Build-Depends.
Changes
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- It fixes some annoying bugs lingering in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: bug 1551599 and
bug 1575426 and this recent zesty regression: bug 1640741 .
- On an individual app page, Source is listed as something like 'ubuntu-
zesty-universe' or ubuntu-yakkety-updates-main' or 'lp-ppa-gnome3-team-
gnome3-staging-yakkety-main' instead of just 'Ubuntu'
- On an individual app page, apps from multiverse or restricted will
show License as 'Proprietary' (example: VirtualBox or Devede ). This
also happens for locally installed apps (i.e. not matching what's in
your apt sources). I don't think it happens for PPAs since everything in
a PPA is in 'main'.
- The Installed apps list is dramatically shorter. It looks like some
sort of bug. If you search for a specific app you can still remove it.
My already installed gnome-clocks app did not show in the list, but once
I removed and installed it using gnome-software it then showed in the
Installed list.
- If you install an app using GNOME Software (or I assume another
PackageKit app), it lists the date it was last installed or updated on
the individual app page with a link to see its update history.
- Another bug is that installing or Removing an app inside GNOME
Software is enough for it to "forget" about available Updates and think
that everything is "up to date".
** Affects: gnome-software (Ubuntu)
Importance: Wishlist
Status: Confirmed
** Tags: zesty
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Switch gnome-software to use PackageKit backend
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