Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 25th Jun 2008 22:31 UTC, submitted by Rahul
Earlier this week, we reported on the Berlin Packaging API, an effort to consolidate the various different packaging formats and managers in the Linux world. Many compared this new effort to PackageKit, and today Linux.com is running an article detailing what PackageKit exactly is, with a few quotes from the project's lead developer, Richard Hughes.
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As far as I understand, PackageKit simply adds a new layer to the system's native package manager (for example, apt, very famous in Linux), so installation process can be controlled with a kind of agnosia what has to be done exactly.
Personally, I would prefer one authorative standard instead of another layer that may bring bloat and slowing down abstraction to where it shouldn't be. That should be possible, basically.