GUI Package Manager For Trusty

[Scott Kitterman]

Aleix Pol <aleixpol at kde.org> wrote:
>On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 12:53 PM, Scott Kitterman
><ubuntu at kitterman.com>wrote:
>
>> It seems like Muon is almost unmaintained.  We should take another
>look at
>> Apper (formerly KPackagekit).
>>
>> Scott K
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>Well, I guess that Muon is as unmaintained as Kubuntu, since nobody got
>to
>see those problems until 13.10 was released.
>
>Either way, as you've probably seen, I've been fixing most problems
>we're
>facing and a 2.1.1 version will be released very soon with these fixes.

I've seen that and I am glad to see the work getting done. On reflection, I think I am mostly unhappy about an alpha release getting uploaded to the archive and then left.

In the future we should probably wait for at least an RC.

Also, Kubuntu devs should be sure to use GUI package management tools at least some of the time. I try to, but I had little time this last cycle. 

Scott K