RFC: X.Org X11 modularization project - rpm package driver naming

[Thorsten Leemhuis]

Am Samstag, den 27.08.2005, 09:29 -0400 schrieb seth vidal:
> > Both yum (in its overview before the Transaction Summary and in some
> > other places) and rpm (when used with "-ivh" ) have problems with names
> > longer then ~23 characters (in yum the columns don't match in the
> > overview; during the download the name is striped after ~18 chars; in
> > the install-overview it is striped after around 30 chars. In rpm the
> > name is striped after ~23). 
> 
> just so you know - it's not a problem. it's not an oversight. We're
> intentionally truncating the output of the package name. Mostly to stay
> within an 80 character limit.

just so you know -- that was sure (at least to me -- yes, I should have
mentioned that here) :)

Sorry if that sounded like criticism on yum. I like it very much.
-- 
Thorsten Leemhuis <fedora at leemhuis.info>