YUM - Unpalatable

[James McDonald]

Ye
Unbelievably Bad Package
Manager

I HATE YUM

Why does it have to download a list from the repository,
Then download headers to pack into a transaction set,
Then finally download the packages themselves... Mean while, if you are 
using any of the current gui front ends they appear frozen as this all 
happens
What is it doing that wasn't done in a 1/3 of the time by the lamented 
apt4rpm?

Why when you have already done 10 or more installs within an hour from 
the same repositories does it feel the need to download the whole damn 
`are you there darling and are you still up to date' set of files and 
then labouriously load them from disk... Oh crap I hate this.

Someone enlighten me! I'm about to put a contract out on the developers 
for making a monolith out of what should have only been a menhir.
Is it pythons fault ? Is python the java of Linux?

Why why why?


Disclaimer: The views expressed in this email are not necessarily the 
views of the normally dominant personality of the hosts body. But 
tonight the YUM hating persona has the executive, and he hates YUM.