Save everybody some surprises in Fedora 22!

[Jan Zelený]

On 9. 6. 2014 at 15:17:47, T.C. Hollingsworth wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 12:58 AM, Joe Zeff <joe at zeff.us> wrote:
> > On 06/09/2014 12:48 AM, Jan Zelený wrote:
> >> Nope, yumex has only a very little to do with yum, it's a separate
> >> project.
> >> You can use PackageKit or the GNOME software center which will both 
soon
> >> use the same underlying libraries dnf uses.
> > 
> > And what do I use if I don't use Gnome but want a GUI?
> 
> In KDE you can use Apper.  (And possibly Muon in the future, which was
> developed by the Kubuntu folks but recently gained PackageKit support
> as well.)  Not only will it work fine with DNF or yum but in Fedora 21
> it will also get the fancy new screenshots and application
> descriptions that are available in gnome-software currently.
> 
> If your favorite desktop doesn't have a PacakgeKit client, yell at
> them.  It's been around for years now and is supported by all the
> major distributions.  (I'm rather surprised the MATE folks haven't
> forked gnome-packagekit already...)
> 
> Also, originally DNF was supposed to keep some compatibility with the
> yum python API.  If that is still the case, porting yumex to DNF may
> be within the realm of possibility.

Some compatibility yes but the problem is that yum's internals have 
historically been abused a lot so there is no way of knowing what might have 
broken. However dnf's API is well documented so porting any application 
should not be a big problem. 

Thanks
Jan