We should not install packagekit by default on ubuntu desktop images

[Zygmunt Krynicki]

I'm testing Ubuntu Desktop 11.04 LEB and found that packagekitd is running on my system.
AFAIK it's not really used by anything (I removed it and nothing complained or depended on it) and just takes up space and other resources.

[Alexander Sack (asac)]

how is that on it? is that cruft also available in ubuntu images? why do they include it? LEBs are distribution clones with linaro goodies on top. meaning, if ubuntu includes it explictely we should also include it. if we think thats not right in ubuntu, we should get it removed there first.

[Zygmunt Krynicki (zyga)]

I'm sorry, I just don't know enough about ubuntu seeds to answer that. I'm just rather sure it's not installed (ever) by default on ubuntu as packagekit sucks in general and sucks as hell on debian. If we have it it's almost certain to be a mistake.

[James Westby (james-w)]

On Sat, 28 May 2011 23:20:50 -0000, Zygmunt Krynicki <email address hidden> wrote:
> I'm sorry, I just don't know enough about ubuntu seeds to answer that.
> I'm just rather sure it's not installed (ever) by default on ubuntu as
> packagekit sucks in general and sucks as hell on debian. If we have it
> it's almost certain to be a mistake.

http://releases.linaro.org/platform/linaro-n/ubuntu-desktop/final/linaro-n-ubuntu-desktop-tar-20110527-1.packages

doesn't list packagekit.

Which hwpack were you using?

Thanks,

James

[Zygmunt Krynicki (zyga)]

Wysłane z iPhone'a

Dnia 29 maj 2011 o godz. 03:03 James Westby <email address hidden> napisał(a):

> On Sat, 28 May 2011 23:20:50 -0000, Zygmunt Krynicki <email address hidden> wrote:
>> I'm sorry, I just don't know enough about ubuntu seeds to answer that.
>> I'm just rather sure it's not installed (ever) by default on ubuntu as
>> packagekit sucks in general and sucks as hell on debian. If we have it
>> it's almost certain to be a mistake.
>
> http://releases.linaro.org/platform/linaro-n/ubuntu-
> desktop/final/linaro-n-ubuntu-desktop-tar-20110527-1.packages
>
> doesn't list packagekit.
>
> Which hwpack were you using?

'panda'
> Thanks,
>
> James
>
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[James Westby (james-w)]

On Sun, 29 May 2011 16:09:30 -0000, Zygmunt Krynicki <email address hidden> wrote:
> 'panda'

That doesn't include packagekit either, so it's not clear to me how you
ended up with packagekit on your system.

Thanks,

James

[Loïc Minier (lool)]

On Mon, May 30, 2011, James Westby wrote:
> That doesn't include packagekit either, so it's not clear to me how you
> ended up with packagekit on your system.

 Maybe some hints in /var/log? (aptitude.log, apt.log, dpkg.log)

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Loïc Minier

[Fathi Boudra (fboudra)]

closing as invalid. I'm not able to reproduce using:
- linaro-image-tools 0.4.8-0ubuntu1~lucid1
- hwpack_linaro-panda-x11-base_20110607-0_armel_supported.tar.gz
- linaro-n-ubuntu-desktop-tar-20110607-0.tar.gz