DNF is the default for F22

[Ankur Sinha]

On Wed, 2015-01-21 at 21:51 -0700, Pete Travis wrote:
> Barring contingencies, dnf has been approved[0] as the default package
> manager for Fedora 22 and subsequent releases. dnf is effectively a
> complete rewrite of yum and the underlying dependency solving logic,
> so
> it's a substantial change.  If you have been using it, and especially
> if
> you've been following bug reports[1], you probably know that the
> behavior of dnf can differ[2] subtly or surprisingly from what we've
> come to expect from yum.
> 
> Because of the potential confusion, I propose that we make documenting
> dnf a priority for the F22 release.  Specifically, the System
> Administrators Guide deals with package management the most, but
> essentially *every* guide will have scattered yum invocations.  Let's
> branch each guide slated for F22, work through the changes, then
> review
> and merge the branch. The System Administrators guide is going to
> really
> need some special attention, as it should probably address all the
> quirks and snags that users will run into.
> 
> This is an excellent opportunity for new contributors.  For most
> guides,
> the changes required are very straightforward.  It would be a
> closed-ended endeavor and a manageable time investment - *if* we start
> soon.  If you're able to take on a guide, please reply.
> 
> [0] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/ReplaceYumWithDNF
> [1]
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/buglist.cgi?component=dnf&product=Fedora
> [2] http://dnf.readthedocs.org/en/latest/cli_vs_yum.html

Hello everyone,

I've been using dnf for quite a while now, and filing bugs and so on. I
should be able to help with this. I'll try finding some time this week
and jump in.
-- 
Thanks,
Regards,
Ankur Sinha "FranciscoD"

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ankursinha
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