Desktop issues discussion proposal

[Gene C.]

On Thursday 22 April 2004 13:12, seth vidal wrote:
> > Yes!  This is the obvious (to me) solution for accessing packages via the
> > network is yum ... why reinvent things when you have a good capability.
> >
> > Now, the rest of the story ... handing installation of individual new
> > packages as well as removal of individual installed packages (including
> > removing selected installed kernels).
>
> There needs to be some work done on the lists of packages displayed in
> s-c-p - then that can be handled. The new yum-HEAD work is intending to
> make specific package selection more possible.

If you have individual and group installation and removal (plus handling 
multiple repository which I believe yum already does ... I am not currently a 
yum user), this could give the needed functionality as well as replace 
up2date.
-- 
Gene