how to have yum prefer one dependency over others

Rahul Sundaram metherid at gmail.com
Sat Sep 17 11:27:21 UTC 2011


On 09/17/2011 04:50 PM, Kevin Kofler wrote:
> While I think Fedora would benefit from using zif throughout (mainly because 
> it's in a compiled language, not in Python), I don't agree that this should 
> be a requirement for using zif in PackageKit. PackageKit should use what is 
> best suited for its needs, which yum clearly isn't.

You misunderstood me.  I don't think it is requirement but I just think
a broader plan needs to be in place and deal with the politics of it
head on.  I have the same opinion on using the software centre UI in
Fedora for that matter.  Fork if necessary and get the job done.  

Rahul


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