How to clean up Yum mess?

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Sat, 2012-03-03 at 12:31 +0000, Arthur Dent wrote:
> I really don't like the new system of fully-automatic or
> manual-only updates. I preferred the pre F15 method of informing you
> by means of an applet when updates are available.

I wasn't aware that this had changed. Before F16 I only ever used yum
directly (and still do a lot of the time), but now I see a "gear wheel"
icon on the KDE panel when updates are available, and choose to apply
them via the GUI when I feel like it. How is this different from what
you describe?

poc