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