On Wednesday, 21 December 2022 at 12:31, Vít Ondruch wrote: [...] > Let me put together a few points to sum this up: > > 1) DNF name is well established, keep the DNF name (and forget about YUM). > > 2) Keep the compatibility on reasonable level. 100% compatibility is myth > (even between the tiniest updates). > > 3) Changes are inevitable, especially between major versions. That is why we > version, right? While nobody likes them (especially breaking changes), they > are accepted. Please don't be afraid to do them for good! > > 4) Keep the package name, so if somebody don't want to update, they can do > `dnf update --exclude dnf` instead of looking for new package name to do > `dnf update --exclude dnf5` > > 5) I certainly wont combine DNF 4 and DNF 5 on one system. I don't think any > user want to combine these, unless they are desperate. Don't bet everything > on this. > > 6) Keep only one instance of documentation, if needed, document the old > behavior > > 7) Tooling and framework changes on background are unimportant to end users.
This is a very good summary of my opinion as well. Thanks, Vit! Best regards, Dominik -- Fedora https://getfedora.org | RPM Fusion http://rpmfusion.org There should be a science of discontent. People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles. -- from "Collected Sayings of Muad'Dib" by the Princess Irulan _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
