On 05/26/14 19:51, Sudhir Khanger wrote: > On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 3:42 PM, Ed Greshko <ed.gres...@greshko.com> wrote: >> >> You are confusing things, IMHO, we are not talking about the "prerogative" >> of a system admin but how things are/should work. >> >> You seem to be suggesting that.... >> >> yum erase google-chrome-stable >> >> remove *all* data that has ever been associated with Google-Chrome for *all* >> users. I take it you would want it to remove, as you said, all users >> ~/.local/share/applications/*chrome* as well as ~/.config/google-chrome for >> every single user on the system? >> >> What if the intention or action of the admin is to.... >> >> yum erase google-chrome-stable >> yum install google-chrome-stable >> >> you've now wiped out the user's data. Does that really sound like a good >> idea to you? >> >> Is it your contention that all applications should delete the configuration >> details held in ~/.config of all users when those applications are removed? >> Are you going to modify yum, rpm and all package management software to add >> a switch to "retain user's data"? >> > I like the idea of "remove" which removes just the package and "erase" > which erases everything automatically-created-and-hidden-by-system. > From time to time software start misbehaving or an update that brings > huge changes and it won't work properly because software has been > updated but don't know how to handle conflicting system files. In that > case a simple switch to removing things completely is helpful.
Thank you for *not* answering any of my questions or clarifying your wishes. > > Yum man page has nothing on what erase does. > > I don't run a multi-user setup so that is something beyond my concern. > While it may be something beyond your concern the tools to manage a system aren't written for you and you alone. They are tools written to meet the needs of the majority of users. -- Do not condemn the judgment of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong. -- Dandemis -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
