[Yum-devel] problem with rpmUtils.transaction.py patch

[seth vidal]

in rpmUtils.transaction.py

this patch
http://tinyurl.com/6ds7ekw

imports to_str from yum.i18n

this blows up anyone attempting to import rpmUtils.miscutils recursive
import.

the trace is here

http://fpaste.org/Oj0f/

the problem is that 'yum' imports things - specifically config which
ends up grabbing in rpmUtils.miscutils.

so we need to either:
1. move to kitchen
2. stop using to_str() there
3. move all of YumBase() into it's own file so __init__.py is just a
blank stub and then deal with all the pain of the massive API break.

but in general we shouldn't be importing from yum out of rpmUtils, I
think.

I'm going to hack something in for rawhide (probably just (str) in the
ts.check() call - to make it work.

anyone have a preference on 1-3 above?

-sv