[Yum-devel] beyond 3.0.X

[Jeremy Katz]

On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 11:11 -0500, James Bowes wrote:
> Jeremy Katz wrote:
> > On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 10:10 -0500, seth vidal wrote:
> 
> >> Right now I'm interested in:
> >>  - speeding things up where possible
> >>  - making sure we can simplify writing other tools using yum
> >>  - robustifying portions of the code for failures
> >>  - enhancing our error reporting
> >>
> >> What do y'all think matters?
> 
> > If 3.2 isn't huge API changes[1], I'd be very happy :-)
> 
> I think keeping the API the same and simplifying writing other tools 
> using yum are conflicting goals.

You can keep old API users happy while still adding new API that's
easier for other tools to use.  New tools don't have to work on old yum;
old tools should work with new yum.

Jeremy