F22 System Wide Change: Replace Yum With DNF

[Simo Sorce]

On Thu, 2014-06-12 at 17:13 +0200, Miloslav Trmač wrote:
> 2014-06-12 17:03 GMT+02:00 Rahul Sundaram <metherid at gmail.com>:
> 
> > On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 10:29 AM, Jan Zelený  wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> We are on the same page, thanks for your input.
> >>
> >
> > I don't think so.  You are clearly arguing for a temporary compatibility
> > wrapper but eventually forcing everyone to use dnf as the command.  The
> > other side is wanting yum to continue to remain the name for the command
> > with yum-legacy for temporary transition.  In otherwords, dnf is an
> > internal project name and doesn't need to be exposed to the user.
> >
> 
> There are not only two sides :)  I don’t insist on dnf being a hidden
> “internal project name”; introducing new features (only?) under the dnf
> name is fine with me.  I do object to planning to unnecessarily break the
> yum commands for which we actually have compatibility.

We can keep the yum symlink forever...

I am for a clear break with dnf having its own name.
Using yum as the name for dnf is just a lie to the user and is not
helpful.
Dnf is a completely different project and code base that just happens to
be highly compatible with yum as a way to smooth the transition. That is
perfectly fine, and not spreading lies is an excellent strategy to
slowly educate users.

The service -> systemctl example is actually an excellent example of a
smooth transition IMO, and should be followed.

If you like yum you keep the compat package, if you hate it: dnf remove
yum-compat and be happy.

Simo.

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Simo Sorce * Red Hat, Inc * New York