Re: [Tracker] [Use case] Distribution Packages Management

[Debarshi Ray <debarshi ray gmail com>]

Again, being the devil's advocate.

> I think there is some potential. A quick example, PM stores mime-type
> data into tracker-store. Abiword requires a plugin to read
> document/something mime-type and using tracker can find the pkg

If you try to open a multimedia file and you do not have the GStreamer
plugins for it, PackageKit can try to find the right package for you
if you have the necessary repositories configured. Same happens for
fonts.

Cheers,
Debarshi
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