Poll: How users use DNF

Kevin Kofler kevin.kofler at chello.at
Wed Dec 10 05:04:00 UTC 2014


Przemek Klosowski wrote:
> I have mixed feelings for the typo correction/suggestions for arguments
> providing package names: I am glad they are case-insensitive because
> case conventions in package names are all over the place. On the other
> hand I am concerned about possible mistakes (I want to 'install foo' but
> mistype it as 'boo' and end up installing 'bugaboo').

Indeed, autocorrection should never be done without confirmation (and in 
non-interactive mode ("dnf -y"), it should probably just fail). It's just 
too likely to accidentally give the wrong answer.

        Kevin Kofler



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