On Wednesday, 21 December 2022 at 12:31, Vít Ondruch wrote:
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Let me put together a few points to sum this up:
1) DNF name is well established, keep the DNF name (and forget about YUM).
2) Keep the compatibility on reasonable level. 100% compatibility is myth
(even between the tiniest updates).
3) Changes are inevitable, especially between major versions. That is why we
version, right? While nobody likes them (especially breaking changes), they
are accepted. Please don't be afraid to do them for good!
4) Keep the package name, so if somebody don't want to update, they can do
`dnf update --exclude dnf` instead of looking for new package name to do
`dnf update --exclude dnf5`
5) I certainly wont combine DNF 4 and DNF 5 on one system. I don't think any
user want to combine these, unless they are desperate. Don't bet everything
on this.
6) Keep only one instance of documentation, if needed, document the old
behavior
7) Tooling and framework changes on background are unimportant to end users.
This is a very good summary of my opinion as well. Thanks, Vit!
Best regards,
Dominik
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