Transaction history when updated using gnome-software

[Richard Hughes]

On 10 October 2014 11:24, Ankur Sinha <sanjay.ankur at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Try 'pkcon get-transactions'.
> Hrm - that works, obviously.

Or if you install gnome-packagekit, gpk-log

> Follow up question - what config file would g-s follow? Does it use
> yum.conf? I had the install only limit set to 5 in dnf.conf, not in
> yum.conf, and g-s removed 3 of my older kernels.

No, it doesn't use yum at all.

> I just thought *forbidding* updates-testing from g-s would be an added
> layer of security - even if an unassuming user wants to enable it, he
> should either be told - "Nope matey! If you wanna test stuff, use
> yum/dnf!" or at least a warning that says "Woah! Are you sure? This
> stuff isn't tested - it might break and you'll need to be able to debug
> it!". You know, something on these lines?

We used to do a warning like this for rawhide, but it would add new
strings and also needs some design advice from #gnome-design.

Richard.