I was wondering why fedora has choosen yum over apt-get

[Dan Williams]

I'm rather wondering this too...  It takes a _long_ time to download
these headers.

Can yum (correct me if it does already):

1) compress the .hdr files
2) Use HTTP 1.1 Pipelining or keepalive support?

I guess since apt just downloads a large file once, it has less setup/
teardown for TCP/IP.  Or am I showing my ignorance?

Dan

On Tue, 2004-02-10 at 19:16 +0100, Kristof Vansant wrote:
> k but I still don't understand why with yum everything goes slower then with
> apt-get.
> Has apt-get better mirror support or something?
> My friend has a big apt-get sources list and yum list. Apt-get had his
> sources list in 2 minutes. Yum was still loading header files after half an
> hour.
> I can understand his frustration. What's the cause in this big speed
> difference?
> 
> And yes I have read http://linux.duke.edu/projects/yum/questions.ptml
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Stephen Smoogen" <smoogen at lanl.gov>
> To: <fedora-devel-list at redhat.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 6:58 PM
> Subject: Re: I was wondering why fedora has choosen yum over apt-get
> 
> 
> > These are the probable reasons:
> > A) Seth works at Duke in North Carolina. A proportion of Red Hat works
> > at Raleigh in North Carolina.
> > B) yum is written in python and so fits with the core Red Hat tool-kit
> > of writing all tools in python.
> >
> > While most conspiraicies would have that Red Hat considers 'apt as the
> > tool of the Debil'.. I think the 2 above are much more likely.
> >
> > On Tue, 2004-02-10 at 10:56, Kristof Vansant wrote:
> > > What are the key benefits of yum over apt-get cause I got a friend
> telling
> > > me yum is crap and I should switch to apt-get in stead.
> > > Apt-get goes really fast in comparisment to yum.
> > > But I tell him there must be a good reason why fedora uses yum, I only
> don't
> > > know what :).
> > >
> > > Can someone explain it to me.
> > >
> > > Thx,
> > >
> > > Lupus (Kristof Vansant Belgium)
> > -- 
> > Stephen John Smoogen smoogen at lanl.gov
> > Los Alamos National Lab  CCN-5 Sched 5/40  PH: 4-0645
> > Ta-03 SM-1498 MailStop B255 DP 10S  Los Alamos, NM 87545
> > -- So shines a good deed in a weary world. = Willy Wonka --
> >
> >
> > -- 
> > fedora-devel-list mailing list
> > fedora-devel-list at redhat.com
> > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> fedora-devel-list mailing list
> fedora-devel-list at redhat.com
> http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list