dnf --refresh reverts to older metadata (was: Re: dnf update vs Software Udpates)

[Michael Schwendt]

On Thu, 20 Aug 2015 07:25:48 -0400 (EDT), Honza Šilhan wrote:

> The more I think about it DNF does it right. You should report it to Fedora infrastructure.
> DNF shouldn't inspect all mirrors - you would waste too much resources then. We need
> a better mechanism. Just 1 reference repomd metadata with the most up-to-date metadata
> checksums (on one server only). Than we could detect the mirror DNF chose is outdated.
> 

Stuff for everyone interested.

The feedback in the ticket I've opened is not encouraging so far.
https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-infrastructure/ticket/4866