On 9. 6. 2014 at 15:17:47, T.C. Hollingsworth wrote: > On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 12:58 AM, Joe Zeff <joe@xxxxxxx> 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 -- 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
