A true package manager.

[Nando]

dragoran wrote:

> Fernando Morais schrieb:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>  
>> for when is it scheduled to include a true package manager?
>> One that gives ther options to see all rpm's instaled, remove, 
>> install new nes, and so on...
>> 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?
>>  
>> 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.
>> 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...
>>  
>> Is there anything planned?
>>  
>> Thank you,
>>  
>> Nando
>
>
> yes there is:
> http://fedora.redhat.com/projects/config-tools/specs/redhat-config-packages/ 
>
> but I don't know if it would be in FC4...
>
well that is the program i was talking about.
Notice that in the page as no alteration since 2003. And i can't find it 
in the rpm tree.
This promised to be a good rpm manager, but i never seen it again 
uncluded in a release.