On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 12:53 AM, Jan Zelený <jzeleny@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Why not "Vote for yum vs dnf"? >> What exactly is wrong with yum? >> It has worked faultlessly and painlessly for me for years, >> with addons to deal with every conceivable problem. >> If there is some problem with it, >> why not simply deal with that problem >> instead of inventing a completely new program? > > Because the code base of yum is 10+ years old and is very difficult to maintain. > Dnf was forked from yum with a goal to refactor the code base so it can be > around for another 10+ years. Also, dnf is built on top of the 7 year old dependency solving library from openSUSE, so it's not exactly reinventing the wheel either. -T.C. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
