Save everybody some surprises in Fedora 22!

[Ed Greshko]

On 06/09/14 15:59, Jan Zelený wrote:
> On 8. 6. 2014 at 09:45:44, Ed Greshko wrote:
>> On 06/06/14 20:46, Ales Kozumplik wrote:
>>> The time when DNF will take over from Yum in Fedora is nearing. We're
>>> wondering: is there stuff people are still missing from DNF that they
>>> have got recently in Yum? Or even something else! We've put together a
>>> very short and simple survey. Let your opinion be heard!
>>>
>>> http://dnf.baseurl.org/2014/06/06/vote-for-yum-features-that-you-miss-in-d
>>> nf/
>> Thanks for the heads up.  Knowing it will be F22 (with F21 not even due out
>> till October) will give folks plenty of time to hone their dnf skills. 
>> IMO, for many (majority?) it will be a drop-in replacement for yum.
> Yes, that's the plan. There are some differences but they are all well 
> documented.
>
> http://akozumpl.github.io/dnf/cli_vs_yum.html

Yes, of course they are well documented and as we know....everyone reads documentation.  :-)

While I do understand the plan and it will happen, some decisions have me scratching my head.  One in particular is....

dnf erase kernel deletes all packages called kernel

In Yum, the running kernel is spared. There is no reason to keep this in DNF, the user can always specify concrete versions on the command line, e.g.: dnf erase kernel-3.9.4

I suppose the reasoning behind this is "Well the user can already shoot themselves in the foot with "rm -rf / " so why not give them another tool to commit suicide.  :-)

As we know, all end users are intelligent and never make typing errors and never make changes to their systems after sitting in the bar until 3AM.

What the heck.  It will at least give some interesting problems for the mailing list to deal with.  :-)


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