header/RPM mismatch

[Michael A. Peters]

On Fri, 2004-04-30 at 10:25, 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?

up2date is intended for those who are use to the Windows way of being
notified that there updates, and taking action.

yum is for those of us who like the crontab, and see the value of having
yum downloading (but not installing) the updates for us - so that when
we check, and there are updates, and we decide what we want - we don't
have to wait.

yum is also an excellent place for third party repositories. Sure, you
can do them in up2date as well, but if you use experimental repositories
- you'll get the thing flashing all the time.

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