yum vs rpm.

[Kevin Francis]

*sigh*

I didn't mean KILL APT!

I meant more of a "Newbs: go with yum. IF you want however, you may 
choose apt in the spirit of Open Source Software."

Sorry if i irked anyone ...
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Kevin Francis
<http://denial.loose-screws.com/>

seth vidal wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 08:27, Kevin Francis wrote:
> 
>>Indeed. But the average user thinks this way:
>>
>>"Ohhhh apt-get is fast! Let's get that!"
>>
>>I kill yum regularly ( it's a reflex whenever i perform something I
>>don't want to ), and experience no lockups.
>>
>>ALL lockups on the list however are apt-related. I see a pattern. Yes,
>>yum is less feature complete, but ... pinning packages, and specifying
>>sources per package aren't what normal people do.
>>
>>Yes, right tool for the right job :) Simple
>>updates/upgrades/distro-upgrades are yum-able. Pinning etc. ... well the
>>power users can use apt.
> 
> 
> Knock this crap off. People can use whatever updating tool they're
> comfortable with. I hope in the not-so-distant future this will be even
> more true.
> 
> -sv
> 
> 
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