Yum plugin installonlyn packaging

[Rahul Sundaram]

Wesley Harrell wrote:

>This question is specifically about the installonlyn plugin,
>but is also a question regarding yum plugin packaging in general.
>
>Currently I see the installonlyn plugin included in the fedora 
>yum-2.5 srpm, but was expecting to see it in the extras yum-utils, 
>since I have seen other plugins within the yum-utils including 
>changelog and fastestmirror.
>
>Is placing installonlyn within yum just a one off, or are certain 
>plugins going to make it into yum, while others are in yum-utils?
>Currently it is a bit confusing, since I am expecting to look 
>for plugins in yum-utils and would be more inclined to add a 
>plugin to yum-utils, rather than yum.
>
>  
>
Upstream yum package does not include any plugins by default. Placing 
installonlyn in the Yum package itself is a one off at this point since 
it was written by Jeremy Katz to provide this functionality by default 
since there are a large number of kernel updates in Fedora and removing 
older kernels is a FAQ in the Fedora lists and forums not to mention the 
space wastage and confusion with multiple kernels despite the GRUB menu 
hiding it but if there are other good plugins that are required by 
default, it might become part of Yum in Fedora Core rather than 
Yum-utils in Fedora Extras.

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Rahul