--- a/PackageKit.conf	2014-10-21 21:16:35.698980297 +0200
+++ b/PackageKit.conf	2014-10-21 21:18:59.893478751 +0200
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
 
 # Shut down the daemon after this many seconds idle. 0 means don't shutdown.
 #ShutdownTimeout=300
+#
+# for openSUSE, we want this shorter so it does not interfere with zypp/yast all the time
+# until boo#899755 is fixed (in fact it's a libzypp issue, NOT a PK issue)
+ShutdownTimeout=15
 
 # Keep the packages after they have been downloaded
 #KeepCache=false