http://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2008/02/11/service-packs-and-packagekit/ Blog about geeky stuff Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:38:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2008/02/11/service-packs-and-packagekit/comment-page-1/#comment-150 Anonymous Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:41:36 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2008/02/11/service-packs-and-packagekit/#comment-150 I might be over optimising here, but I think that 2b and 2c could be problematic. If I understand it, g-v-m is labelled as one of the power drains according to power top because it polls the CD-ROM device incessantly. Reduplicating that code in PackageKit could be asking for trouble. I think it would be best if package kit just responded to an event, "Install From CD". It might not even have to be so complicated, rather just an "Install From Here" and rely on the client space to lock the CD tray, to reduce core dependencies. I might be over optimising here, but I think that 2b and 2c could be problematic. If I understand it, g-v-m is labelled as one of the power drains according to power top because it polls the CD-ROM device incessantly. Reduplicating that code in PackageKit could be asking for trouble. I think it would be best if package kit just responded to an event, “Install From CD”. It might not even have to be so complicated, rather just an “Install From Here” and rely on the client space to lock the CD tray, to reduce core dependencies.

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