Re: [announce] yum: parallel downloading

2012-05-17 Thread elison.ni...@gmail.com
On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 9:37 PM, Zdenek Pavlas wrote: > Hi, > > A new yum and urlgrabber packages have just hit Rawhide.  These releases > include some new features, including parallel downloading of packages and > metadata, and a new mirror selection code.  As we plan to include these > features

Re: ARM as a primary architecture

2012-03-22 Thread elison.ni...@gmail.com
On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 4:56 PM, Peter Robinson wrote: >> I see that this discussion has gone from ARM as a primary architecture >> for Fedora to a general Tablets vs PC market discussion. IMHO, While >> there is no doubt that the tablet/mobile market is growing rapidly, >> The desktop and laptops

Re: ARM as a primary architecture

2012-03-22 Thread elison.ni...@gmail.com
On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 2:46 PM, drago01 wrote: > On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 9:57 AM, Chris Murphy wrote: >> >> >> On Mar 22, 2012, at 2:10 AM, drago01 wrote: >>> Interesting. People I know just using them (tablets) as "toys" to play >>> some causal games, surf the net & read mails. They go bac

Re: Issues with yum

2012-02-27 Thread elison.ni...@gmail.com
On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: > What's the expectation of a user hitting control-c in the middle of a yum > update anyway? My first inclination is it makes zero sense, like habaneros in > a smoothie. As stated earlier, the expectation is that when yum is still setting up

Re: Issues with yum

2012-02-27 Thread elison.ni...@gmail.com
I got many replies to my mail that answer many of my questions. Thanks to all. > There is a significant delay between these two pieces: > Setting up Upgrade Process > Resolving Dependencies >...is this when you are doing a full "yum upgrade" or upgrading a > specific package too? How long is th

Re: Issues with yum

2012-02-27 Thread elison.ni...@gmail.com
On Mon, Feb 27 12:13:07 UTC 2012, Josh Boyer jwboyer at gmail.com wrote >> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 1:44 AM, elison.niven at gmail.com: >> I forgot to add: >> 8) Yum cannot use an iso image as a repo without mounting it. >> Yast in suse allows to directly use iso images as repos. > You also forgot

Re: Issues with yum

2012-02-26 Thread elison.ni...@gmail.com
On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 12:12 PM, elison.ni...@gmail.com wrote: > Fedora is a feature rich Linux distribution containing the latest advancements > in open source software and I simply love Fedora. > > Why does Fedora still decide to use yum? The package management system of > Fedor

Issues with yum

2012-02-26 Thread elison.ni...@gmail.com
Fedora is a feature rich Linux distribution containing the latest advancements in open source software and I simply love Fedora. Why does Fedora still decide to use yum? The package management system of Fedora is still very primitive. Here are my reasons why yum needs to go or needs *major* chang