We will soon be at FC4 and system-config-packages will still fall short

seth vidal skvidal at phy.duke.edu
Thu Mar 24 03:32:08 UTC 2005


> The pup work that Seth refers to is a front end to yum, and it's called
> "pup".
> 

not entirely. Being a front end to yum, just like being a front end to
apt, would make for an EXTREMELY complex interface. Gui programs that
are merely front ends to cli programs are typically not-so-good. If you
need any evidence of that look at all the programs that try to wrap
mkisos and cdrecord. They're a nightmare. But then you look at something
like the nautilus cd burning interface and it's reasonably
straightforward.

-sv





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