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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You're hitting the nail on the head here: PackageKit has a lot of cool features that aren't mentioned in the article summary. PackageKit has particular benefits and particular problems it tries to solve, so it'll fall short if judged against a different set of goals...
IIRC there are other (available / planned, I don't know) features, such as the ability to give different users different rights with respect to doing software updates, installing new software, removing software, etc... So you can give different users more fine-grained privileges on the system software than the current "Can do anything" / "Can do nothing" setup many distros have!