PackageKit Article abstract

[Ken VanDine <ken vandine org>]

PackageKit is a system designed to make installing and updating software
on your computer easier. The primary design goal is to unify all the
software graphical tools used in different distributions, and use some
of the latest technology like PolicyKit to make the process suck less.
PackageKit also provides a D-Bus abstraction layer that allows the
session user to manage packages in a secure way using a cross-distro,
cross-architecture API.  

In this article we will discuss:
• the basic architecture of PackageKit
• Use cases that we used to make it what it is today,
• and why you should care