On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 01:05:13AM -0700, CAI Qian wrote: > --- "Mihai T. Lazarescu" <mtlagm@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > That's quite unlikely. Savvy command line users know alternate > > ways to stop a program, whereas GUI users won't see these > > problems anyway. > > If yum provides the feature to abandon an operation, users expect to > use it, report related bugs, and someone eventually could fix those > bugs. It is also a feature which exists in some other package tools. > Otherwise, the document shall be added this information, says "The > program will not response to CTRL-C. Please use kill(1) to terminate > the program". I think the thread provided a pretty thorough explanation about the problem and it's possible fixing. Bug fixing and new features are weighted by the people managing the project based on several criteria, among them severity, public and personal interests, etc. One of the most recurring answers for those that dislike the free (as in no cost and as free will) maintainers of open source packages is: wait or do it yourself or hire someone to do it for you. And I think this is a fair answer. It's value added to let know of bugs but it's of no use to ask they be fixed according to your agenda. The Ctrl-C issue of yum was worse, gradually improving over time. At any moment I was a lot more more interested in seeing yum getting faster, stable, and feature rich rather than to nit pick on secondary, easy work-around shortcomings. I believe this way me and the community as a whole benefit most from the yum developers volunteered knowledge, time, and effort. > I have seldom used GUI tools for it. However, I guess they could have > some of those problems, if they allow to cancel operations. Which GUI > tool are you talking about? There are several, I don't use them. Fedora's packagekit may be one, yum-extender, etc. Google may give you more accurate answers. Mihai _______________________________________________ Yum mailing list Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum
