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On Feb 6, 2015 7:57 AM, "Ryan Lerch" <<a href="mailto:rlerch@redhat.com">rlerch@redhat.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> On 02/05/2015 10:54 PM, Glen Rundblom wrote:<br>
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>> Hello Marketing Group.<br>
>> I have an article about DNF in the pending state. Could someone take a few minutes and review it to see if it's something that would be good for the magazine. I also made a little PNG graphic with Gimp script-fu if that would be beneficial.<br>
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>> Thank you,<br>
>> -Glen<br>
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> I just checked out your article, and it looks like a great concept for an article.<br>
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> It would be good to provide a lot more detail a couple of points that would be nice to cover and fleshed out would be:<br>
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> * a brief explanation of what YUM/DNF actually are and do on a conceptual level -- our audience range on the Magazine is kinda broad, so it would be nice to have a sentence or two on this for people that might not know exactly what a package manager does.<br>
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> * "DNF will have a lot more features, and new ways to operate." -- it would be nice to list some of the changes and new features out in here -- as well as an explanation as to why DNF is better<br>
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> * comparing the sample commands might also be good too: something like:<br>
> "Searching for packages with DNF is basically the same as with yum. To Search for the repositories for a package with DNF, use the command: sudo dnf search nano, and dnf will return ..."<br>
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> * DNF is not the default in f21, so it would also be good to explain how people can use it on f21 -- what package needs to be installed etc. I think there is also a package that makes it so DNF is run when you type yum, so this might be worth mentioning as well<br>
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> * Not sure when DNF is going to be the default, but it might be good to try to find out if / when this is on the plans in Fedora for, and mentioning that too.<br>
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> cheers,<br>
> ryanlerch<br>
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<p dir="ltr">Since we're making bullet points on dnf for a broad audience, I also suggest advising everyone to install dnf-plugins and explaining a bit about the --best argument. These two things make a huge difference to the dnf experience.</p>
<p dir="ltr">--Pete</p>