On Mon, 2014-06-23 at 20:21 +0200, Johannes Lips wrote: > Les Howell <hlhowell@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on Mon 23 Jun 2014 20:04:56 CEST: > > On Mon, 2014-06-23 at 19:57 +0200, Johannes Lips wrote: > >> Chris Adams wrote: > >>> Once upon a time, Johannes Lips <johannes.lips@xxxxxxxxx> said: > >>>> Well, yeah and everybody is reading the complete output of yum/dnf if > >>>> it's trying to remove hundreds of packages? > >>> > >>> Well, yeah. First, if you think you are removing a leaf or minor > >>> package and the package manager lists 100+ dependent packages, you > >>> should take notice and perhaps re-think what you are trying to do. > >>> Second, if you decide you want to continue, you should look over the > >>> list of packages to be removed. > >> Of course, but how fast can a small three letter work like yum or dnf > >> can be overlooked? > >> I don't really see any benefit of not implementing it, if it makes an > >> installation safer. > >> But this whole discussion is pointless, because the people, who do the > >> work will most likely decide the outcome! > >> > >>> > >>> If people really want some magic protections in this case, rather than > >>> having "special" packages, it should probably be based on the number of > >>> affected dependent packages (and/or maybe a percentage of installed > >>> packages). > >>> > >> > > > > The good news is that for dnf you can become a developer and then work > > from the group to make it do what you want. I am sure that your > > experience and knowledge will be a welcome addition to the team. > What's the point of personal insults? I just stated my opinion, no need > to get personal with ironic comments! > > > > > > I didn't mean it to be ironic. You really can contribute. Regards, Les H -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
