On Wed, 2013-09-25 at 21:04 +0200, Kevin Kofler wrote: > All the actual logic of DNF is written in C, so I really don't see why > we should be stuck with that Python wrapper. ...it's not just a "wrapper". DNF have replaced yum's depsolver but ~90% of the code in yum *isn't* depsolving. To replace yum you still need to (re)write all the *other* parts that are written in Python. Like: * config file parser (reading and writing) * GPG key handling (importing keys, checking signatures, etc.) * mirrorlist handling (metadata/failover/etc, plus most of urlgrabber) * RPM utility functions (canonicalizing arches for multilib, etc.) * miscellaneous utilities (like "get_running_kernel_*") * yumdb support zif did all that (although it doesn't use hawkey/libsolv, so that's a bit of a problem), but you're still missing: * A plugin API * standard plugins (fastestmirror, langpacks, refresh-packagekit) * deltarpm support * history/transaction support On the bright side, there's a new C library for comps support: https://github.com/midnightercz/libcomps So if you actually wanted to write another yum replacement in C you could probably start with zif, port it to use libsolv and libcomps, fix up the CLI, and have yourself a functional prototype. Looking forward to seeing what you come up with! Good luck! -w -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
