On Mon, 2005-11-28 at 01:40 +0100, Paul Wouters wrote: > On Sun, 27 Nov 2005, seth vidal wrote: > > > > > yum install yum-utils > > > > yumdownloader --source package > > > > > > > > > > That's useful, thanks. > > > Might this functionality ever be built into yum though? > > > > > > > no > > That's a really good answer if you want developrs to feel that they > are being taken seriously..... > > Do you think there is a fundamental problem with people being able to get > the sources easilly? Is yum fundamentally flawed for this? Is it too much > work to put in yum? > > We might appreciate decisions better if we know why they are made in a > certain way. It's really best discussed on appropriate list- yum-devel. But to the point - we've discussed it there before. The reason it should not be in the yum program itself but in an add-on tool is that it unnecessarily clutters up the main program. -sv -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
