> I believe aptdaemon is effectively abandoned. It's been removed from Debian
> but it's still hanging around in Ubuntu due to a few reverse dependencies:
>
> % reverse-depends aptdaemon
> Reverse-Depends
> ===============
> * gnome-software
> * language-selector-gnome
> * oem-config-gtk
> * python-aptdaemon
> * python3-aptdaemon
> * sessioninstaller
>
> I think the gnome-software dependency is unnecessary. I can't find a
> reference to aptdaemon in the source, and I built a version without it in my
> PPA, tested it in a Zesty VM and it worked fine afaict. I've prepared a
> version that's ready for upload, which I'd like to do unless someone with more
> knowledge about it objects. (OTOH, it's not urgent so it can wait until after
> Zesty.)
>
> That leaves three remaining dependencies (ignoring python{,3}-apdaemon) all of
> which appear legitimate. Note that language-selector-gnome, oem-config-gtk,
> and sessioninstaller are only in Ubuntu, not in Debian, and each still have
> their own reverse dependencies.
>
> I bring this up because back in January, I uploaded aptdaemon
> 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu17 which was a contributed fix for LP: #1623856; a problem
> with the minimum window height. I thought I'd tested the build at the time,
> but I got distracted with other things, and was reminded today that it's
> *still* in -proposed because its failing its tests. I don't think those tests
> are fixable without a fair bit of work since afaict, they are using obsolete
> APIs that no longer exist. The version before mine was last uploaded in
> Yakkety, and even trying to build the Yakkety version in Zesty fails. So my
> changes (as expected) aren't relevant and the package is simply no longer
> buildable in Ubuntu. Yay for TIL.
>
> Given the state of aptdaemon, I think it's in Ubuntu's interest to drop it,
> but that means porting or dropping language-selector-gnome, oem-config-gtk
> (src:ubuquity), and sessioninstaller. I don't know what the states of those
> packages are, so the best I can do is file bugs against them.
>
> Given where we are in the Zesty cycle, I recommend just dropping aptdaemon
> 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu17 from -proposed and marking LP: #1623856 as Won't Fix.
> Let's try to drop aptdaemon from Ubuntu in Acrobatic Aardvark.
>
So, sessioninstaller is an aptdaemon based implementation of the
PackageKit session interface. The two can be dropped together, since
they are both unmaintained and not needed. PackageKit provides
everything needed as a replacement.
The dependency by gnome-software is illusory, as it depends on
PackageKit D-Bus interfaces (provided by PackageKit). The dependency
wasn't even present in xenial, as far as I recall...
oem-config-gtk is a single script[1] with only a few lines of code
actually using aptdaemon, and that can be ported to use PackageKit
instead.
language-selector-gnome is similar[2], and should be easy to port out
to PackageKit, assuming this is even needed anymore. It doesn't look
like it's maintained either...
[1]: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-installer/ubiquity/trunk/view/head:/bin/oem-config-remove-gtk
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