PackageKit Auto Updates

I committed a small chunk of code to gnome-packagekit to automatically apply updates if the user has specified this in the preferences tool. If you ask PackageKit to remember the authorization across reboots for updating packages then this becomes a zero-click way of installing updates automatically.


No passwords, clicks, or keys. And the grammar sucks….

This only happens when the user is idle (using gnome-screensaver) and when the user is online (using NetworkManager) although other code can be compiled in for other stacks.

There are not many release blockers now, so please test and report any bugs to the mailing list. In other news, Adrien Bustany has started QPackageKit, with a C++ wrapper and QT client tools for PackageKit. So, good things.

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Richard has over 10 years of experience developing open source software. He is the maintainer of GNOME Software, PackageKit, GNOME Packagekit, GNOME Power Manager, GNOME Color Manager, colord, and UPower and also contributes to many other projects and opensource standards. Richard has three main areas of interest on the free desktop, color management, package management, and power management. Richard graduated a few years ago from the University of Surrey with a Masters in Electronics Engineering. He now works for Red Hat in the desktop group, and also manages a company selling open source calibration equipment. Richard's outside interests include taking photos and eating good food.

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  1. No comment on the dialogue, but that “Updates are being automatically installed” line has a halo like the Angel Gabriel. Your fonts okay otherwise? – Chris

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