Save everybody some surprises in Fedora 22!

[Timothy Murphy]

Rahul Sundaram wrote:

> I don't prefer to wait at all and
> want the process to go as fast as it can.   I have to deal with many more
> updates as a package maintainer and slowing me down will reduce the amount
> of time I can spend getting users the updates they want.  So it likely
> affects you indirectly as well.

I sympathize with you, since I have always found your contributions
very helpful, and I'm sure you have a busy schedule helping us all.
But surely you are a special case, and must use many tools
most of us know nothing about.

For me, the essential properties of yum are simplicity and reliability.
Speed is not that important, as like Steven earlier
I don't mind doing something else while yum is running;
I usually run yum update while having my breakfast,
and don't mind in the slightest turning to the crossword while it runs,
although actually I can read my email at the same time.

I think Fedora is too quick jumping to innovations
without thinking of the cost in added complexity.

-- 
Timothy Murphy  
e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net
School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland