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

[Tim Lauridsen]

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 :-/
>
> The attached (small) patch seems to work.  If it seems reasonable, I can
> commit it and also add information about it to the man page.  If not,
> then I'll probably write the simple plugin that does the same thing.
>
> Jeremy
>   
Sound very sane to me, I had this feature in yumex for a while, it is 
very useful when running rawhide, where a lot of packages get updated 
all the time. Maybe it should be default true, for most users it just 
fill up there system, the advanced user can disable the option. if he 
what to keep the packages in the queue.

Tim