My favorite pet bug (2004): Yum mishandles Ctrl-C

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>> In essence, once yum begins to download files, it misinterprets Ctrl-C
>> as "Mirror switch" instead of "Cancel", leaving the user no direct way
>> to halt yum.
>
> This has been considered a feature by a fair number of users.

The ability to switch mirrors *is* a nice feature, but the ability for a
program to exit when you type ctrl-c is much nicer, and it's good to
follow standard behaviour.

Why not use something else to switch mirrors?