On Mon, 2007-02-26 at 11:11 -0800, Florin Andrei wrote: > dragoran wrote: > > > because this way its nothing but a hack that does not solve the main > > problem: > > yum should _NOT_ fail to update a package because a unreleated package > > has a dep problem. > > Let me re-phrase it: > > The light in the kitchen should not fail to function because a bulb in > the basement is broken. to extend the analogy: if the bulb in the basement being out means there could well be a murderer down there, then maybe the door to the house shouldn't open at all. :) > Having a modular architecture is fine and all, but basic functionality > _must_ be included in the core. The skip-broken thing is so obvious, it > boggles the mind there's even a discussion about it. > > It would be nice if Red Hat could conduct (more) usability tests on > software that's important for the OS. That would probably de-nerdify a > lot of applications. To be clear: If you'd like to help with yum, I'd appreciate it. Yelling the same thing over and over again isn't really helping. -sv -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
