<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"> The problem is not with installing packages, but in their removal. Yum should verify that each removed item down the tree is not a shared item with another package. Leslie --- On Sat, 12/6/08, Horst H. von Brand <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl> wrote: <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">From: Horst H. von Brand <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl> Subject: Re: Yum and Yumex To: "For testers of Fedora Core development releases" <fedora-test-list@redhat.com>, "Rick Stevens" <ricks@nerd.com> Date: Saturday, December 6, 2008, 9:51 AM <pre>Rick Stevens <ricks@nerd.com> wrote: [...] > Not really. You're never going to come up with a perfect solution. You > can't please everyone...look at the flap regarding GDM defaulting to not > permitting GUI root logins and how ticked people are at that, and I find > that to be a rather minor annoyance. Perhaps we add a "intended > audience" option to the installer: > > Novice Install: Install yum-protect-packages with reasonable lists, > block root GUI logins, disable "yum -y" and other (potentially > dangerous) automatic command line options, etc. Full "training wheels, > hockey equipment and short bus" mode. The fun part here is determining > which commands have dangerous options. I know people who shouldn't be > allowed to turn on a computer...much less use one. > > Standard Install: Essentially what we have now. > > Advanced Install: No restrictions (permit GUI root logins, etc.) Every newbie will select "Advanced" ("I'm /certainly/ an /advanced/ user, I can install Linux!")... > Wow! This idea may cause the maintainers NOTHING but headaches! Sorry > I brought it up, guys! Don't hit me! Won't help much. Self-clasification ends with everybody in the highest level. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 2654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile 2340000 Fax: +56 32 2797513 -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list </pre></blockquote></td></tr></table>