gross DNF bandwidth inefficiency if filesystem space limited

[Felix Miata]

Johnny Robeson composed on 2015-07-30 03:25 (UTC-0400):

> On Thu, 2015-07-30 at 03:21 -0400, Felix Miata wrote:

>> # dnf upgrade
>> (dnf nearly exhausts freespace downloading all packages before installing any packages)
>> dnf then reports package xxx needs ##MB on / filesystem and exits without doing any installing
>> dnf all deletes downloaded packages
>> # dnf upgrade (package subset, e.g. dnf* rpm* a* b* c* d* e* f* x* y* z*)
>> dnf downloads needed packages previously downloaded but later deleted, then installs downloaded packages
>> # dnf upgrade
>> dnf downloads needed packages previously downloaded but later deleted, then installs downloaded packages

>> Is the above deletion of freshly downloaded packages (wasted time, wasted bandwidth) known or expected?

> you should take your words in your email signature into account before
> using words like "gross" and "wasted time"

What words would you like better?

s/gross/huge/
s/wasted time/lost time/

Different words, same meaning, exact same problem.

> Try to show some understanding to the DNF maintainers.

Does the time spent by people testing maintainers' work not count for
anything?  Not everyone has unlimited bandwidth or time for testing.
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