Bruno Wolff III wrote:
For one thing the depsolving algorithm used by yum is slow.
Not so an ordinary human could notice it compared (for example) to the time it takes to rebuild the rpms from the deltas.
That depends on how much stuff you update at once. Try updating 6000 packages (which I just did yesterday and will be doing again on multiple systems after the mass rebuild) and you will notice some delay.
This seems to me to encapsulate the basic argument I have with Fedora, which Stallman touched on in the quote I gave: how many people try to update 6000 packages at one go? What percentage of Fedora-users? 0.01%?
The Fedora developers seem to follow the advice of de Valera, president of Ireland in the distant past, "If I wish to know what the Irish want, I look into my own heart."
It seems to me that it would be simple to find out what users actually want, eg by a (voluntary) questionnaire at installation-time. In my view, Fedora attaches far too much weight to the views of developers as opposed to the wishes of mere users.