dnf update vs Software Udpates

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Wed, 2015-07-22 at 17:41 +0200, Heinz Diehl wrote:
> On 22.07.2015, Suvayu Ali wrote: 
> 
> > I'm sorry but "clean all" is not necessary at all!  "clean 
> > metadata" or
> > "clean expire-cache" should be sufficient.  
> 
> Ok.
> 
> > That said, I sometimes do not understand what's the harm in getting
> > updates few hours later.  dnf already tells you how old the 
> > metadata is
> > when it starts, you can choose to get the latest metadata if it is 
> > too
> > old.  So what's the big deal?
> 
> I usually update weekly (or at least once within two weeks). And 
> since
> F22, I get "nothing to do" every time I do this - although there are
> updates waiting. Which is.. annoying. So every time I have to clean
> the cache to be able to update.
> 
> This was at least not how yum behaved. But if it's intended behaviour
> now, well...

I update every day, and most days there are some changes. I never clean
the cache. I also never use anything except dnf.

poc