FC6 updates broken deps?

seth vidal skvidal at linux.duke.edu
Mon Feb 26 19:15:34 UTC 2007


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





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