This used to be GetType(), but since now things are "resources", we want
to know what "kind" they are, since asking what "type" they are is
confusing, and makes less logical sense than "Kind".
This is based on PackageKit, which means events, *and* we automatically
get support for any of the backends that PackageKit supports. This means
dpkg, and rpm are both first class citizens! Many other backends will
surely work, although thorough testing is left as an exercise to the
reader, or to someone who would like to write more test cases!
Unfortunately at the moment, there are a few upstream PackageKit bugs
which cause us issues, but those have been apparently resolved upstream.
If you experience issues with an old version of PackageKit, test if it
is working correctly before blaming mgmt :)
In parallel, mgmt might increase the testing surface for PackageKit, so
hopefully this makes it more robust for everyone involved!
Lastly, I'd like to point out that many great things that are typically
used for servers do start in the GNOME desktop world. Help support your
GNOME GNU/Linux desktop today!
This simplifies the API, and reduces code duplication for most
resources. It became obvious when writing the pkg resource, that the two
operations should really be one. Hopefully this will last! Comments
welcome.
This is very important work that is doubly hard because the API isn't
stable yet. If you see felix, buy him a beverage.
PS: Sorry felix that I just broke the api. I'll send you the patch to
fix it!
Naming the resources "type" was a stupid mistake, and is a huge source
of confusion when also talking about real types. Fix this before it gets
out of hand.
There is an occasional hang when booting up F23 on Vagrant which causes
jenkins to wait indefinitely. This might be fixed by getting F23 back to
using eth0/eth1 in the base image.
Any help with these issues or linked bugs is appreciated! Please let
someone know if you're interested on working on something here. New
programmers are welcome. Join #mgmtconfig on IRC to see if someone can
mentor you.
It probably needs environment changes and other differences to be more
effective, but if anything it adds a placeholder for improvement, and
shows some solidarity with the reproducible builds project that was
started in debian.
