F22 System Wide Change: Replace Yum With DNF

[Jan Zelený]

On 12. 6. 2014 at 11:41:52, Simo Sorce wrote:
> 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...

Definitely, we do no insist on removing it. I am perfectly fine with removing it 
some time far in the future when nobody uses it any more.

Thanks
Jan