[Yum-devel] RFC: Option to remove packages after installation

[Pekka Pietikainen]

On Fri, Mar 03, 2006 at 08:14:31PM -0500, Jeremy Katz wrote:
> One thing which becomes something of a problem after a while of using a
> system is the default behavior of not cleaning packages/headers by
> default after a transaction.  While this is useful behavior in some
> cases, it's generally not useful for lots of users who only have a
> single machine.  Therefore, it probably makes sense to have it as an
> option :-/
Well. Totally cleaning out cache after update is pretty evil, since
occasionally you end up with a totally broken package that makes your
box unusable. Maybe a "clean all but the last X package versions"
option/plugin would be the way to go. That way you can revert quickly 
yet you don't have a bunch of really old packages cluttering your
/var/cache/yum.