Save everybody some surprises in Fedora 22!

[Rejy M Cyriac]

On 06/09/2014 06:00 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? If it is truly a
> drop-in replacement, that seems like the less disruptive approach for users
> (and scripts) everywhere.
> 
> Additionally, in remembrance of Seth Vidal, I would hate to see Fedora lose
> 'yum'. Even if Seth would probably find that silly, it's important to me.
> 
+1

Let us keep at least the name, if not the code. I have been a happy user
of yum, and have observed it to be innovative enough.

By the way, 'dnf erase kernel' scares me :-O

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Regards,

Rejy M Cyriac (rmc)