A true package manager.

[Iago Rubio]

On Fri, 2004-11-05 at 23:30, Fernando Morais wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>  
> for when is it scheduled to include a true package manager? 

Yum is a true package manager.

> One that gives ther options to see all rpm's instaled, remove, install
> new nes, and so on...

Yum.

> In the early stages of fedora, one of the test releases, before the FC
> 1, came with a tool that does part of
> what i said before, despite part of it's functions where disabled. But
> it never was included before. Is there a reason for that?

redhat-config-packages ???
 
> Because a grafical tool to do interface with yum woulld be great, so
> some basic task could be done, like adding rpm's, removing, seeing all
> the rpm's avaiable to install, and more. 

I see your point, a graphical front-end for yum would be useful.

> And it could o a litle further, merge it with up2date and create only
> one tool, that deals all the functions regarding the 
> managing of the rpm's, the detection of updates, and so on...

I don't think yum should merge with up2date. Yum bypasses up2date
functionality right now and frankly I don't use up2date ever because
it's still buggy (On my FC1 and FC2 systems).

I'd really like to interface the rhn applet with yum, or at least to
make it configurable so you could launch your preferred update command -
in my case `xterm -e yum update` :)

-- 
Iago Rubio