On Mon, 2007-02-26 at 11:11 -0800, Florin Andrei wrote:
dragoran wrote:
> because this way its nothing but a hack that does not solve the main
> problem:
> yum should _NOT_ fail to update a package because a unreleated package
> has a dep problem.
Let me re-phrase it:
The light in the kitchen should not fail to function because a bulb in
the basement is broken.
to extend the analogy:
if the bulb in the basement being out means there could well be a
murderer down there, then maybe the door to the house shouldn't open at
all. :)
Having a modular architecture is fine and all, but basic
functionality
_must_ be included in the core. The skip-broken thing is so obvious, it
boggles the mind there's even a discussion about it.
It would be nice if Red Hat could conduct (more) usability tests on
software that's important for the OS. That would probably de-nerdify a
lot of applications.
To be clear:
If you'd like to help with yum, I'd appreciate it. Yelling the same
thing over and over again isn't really helping.
-sv