apt-indicator+kynaptic

[Tom Fernandes]

Hi,
I took a look at the apt-notifier and kynaptic combination. It works,
but requires hacking to be integrated nicely:

apt-indicator

good:

 * easy to use
 * it builds on hoary
 * customisable command execution on "upgrade"-action (sudo)
 * customisable update intervall

bad:
 
 * fetches sources into ~/.apt after a configurable amount of time
   - update-notifier has got a better approach here: it get's triggered
   when the systemwide sources.list contain upgradable packages
 * not easy to remove permanently from panel if unwanted for any reasons


kynaptic

good:

 * simple
 * already in main

bad:

 * not intuitive enough imho (e.g. modify the icon tooltips would
   already help)
 * doesn't support "--upgrade-mode"
 * lacks features

the lack of the "--upgrade-mode" makes it pretty useless for integration
as a trigger for whatever upgrade-panel-notifier. But as synaptic and
kynaptic share the same base of code this migth be "easy" to implement.

The lack of features is not *that* important I would say as long the
user is able to keep his system up-to-date in an easy way.


Tom