Arthur Pemberton wrote:
On 5/15/07, Rahul Sundaram <sundaram fedoraproject org> wrote:Arthur Pemberton wrote: >> When you use yum, you can use this yum plugin to only install security >> updates. This works for Core Packages in FC6 and all in F7. > > > Isn't moving so many, apparently useful features into non default > plugins diluting the apparent effectiveness of yum? Not moving. Adding.Thanks for the correction, but my question still stands.
No. It doesn't. Adding new features as plugins cannot possibly dilute the effectiveness of yum. Removing features might but that depends on the feature. For example, earlier versions of yum had a feature that displays rss feeds that got moved into a separate utility.
Rahul