Save everybody some surprises in Fedora 22!

[Jan Zelený]

On 9. 6. 2014 at 16:41:59, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> On 06/09/2014 02:30 PM, Matthew Miller wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 09, 2014 at 09:59:15AM +0200, Jan Zelený wrote:
> >>> 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.
> > 
> > Is the plan to actually rename dnf to yum at that point?
> 
> 1. Is there a yum compatibility test suite? It dnf is supposed to be a
> drop-in replacement, not having one would seem grossly silly and should
> be treated as "full stop show stopper".
> 
> 2. If dnf is supposed to be a drop-in replacement, a more reasonable
> approach but to force dnf upon all users by brute force, would be to
> apply "alternatives".
> 
> > If it is truly a
> > drop-in replacement, that seems like the less disruptive approach for
> > users
> > (and scripts) everywhere.
> 
> Agreed. I regret, but so far, dnf I do not see much sense in dnf.

Dnf is not supposed to be 100% drop-in replacement (hence the list of 
incompatibilities in the dnf documentation). I'd rather say that it's supposed 
to be as compatible as possible, focusing on the most widely used features 
first.

Thanks
Jan