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

[Fabio Erculiani <lxnay sabayon org>]

On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 11:33 PM, Debarshi Ray <debarshi ray gmail com> wrote:
> 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.

Yes, even if the current implementation is sub-optimal (Richard's words).
Anyway, it's not just the mime-type thing.

> Cheers,
> Debarshi
> --
> One reason that life is complex is that it has a real part and an
> imaginary part.
> Â Â-- Andrew Koenig



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