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

[Jeremy Katz]

On Sat, 2006-03-04 at 04:03 +0200, Pekka Pietikainen wrote:
> 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.

I run the development tree all the time and I can't remember the last
time I had a package update make my box _completely_ unusable.  And
realistically, if you get stuck in that situation, you're already pretty
hosed if you're just a casual user :-/

Jeremy