dnf update vs Software Udpates

[Matthew Miller]

On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 07:20:11PM +0100, Ron Yorston wrote:
> >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 certainly get the impression that dnf tells me about updates less
> frequently than yum did.  It also seems to pull in metadata less
> frequently.

Keep in mind that we only push updates once per day *anyway*.

Of course, if you're mixing in private repos or other rpm providers,
there may be different policies.

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Matthew Miller
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Fedora Project Leader