header/RPM mismatch

[seth vidal]

On Fri, 2004-04-30 at 13:25, Fulko.Hew at sita.aero wrote:
> ... some context snipped for brevity...
> 
> >> If yum is supposed to replace up2date, then its config file, should be a
> >> superset
> >> of up2date.
> >
> >Who said yum is supposed to replace up2date?
> 
> If yum is not to replace up2date for updating, then why does it exist?
> What itch is _it_ scratching that up2date
> wouldn't/shouldn't/couldn't scratch?
> 
> Or is it another case of 'Not Invented Here' syndrome?
> 

Let's get this straight. Yum wasn't written by red hat. It was written
by me in large parts with contributions from a number of other people. I
do not work for red hat. I work for duke and I wrote yum on my free
time.

So yum is not a victim of NIH.

Let's move on.


-sv