On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 12:53 AM, Jan Zelený <jzeleny(a)redhat.com> wrote:
> Why not "Vote for yum vs dnf"?
> What exactly is wrong with yum?
> It has worked faultlessly and painlessly for me for years,
> with addons to deal with every conceivable problem.
> If there is some problem with it,
> why not simply deal with that problem
> instead of inventing a completely new program?
Because the code base of yum is 10+ years old and is very difficult to maintain.
Dnf was forked from yum with a goal to refactor the code base so it can be
around for another 10+ years.
Also, dnf is built on top of the 7 year old dependency solving library
from openSUSE, so it's not exactly reinventing the wheel either.
-T.C.