[Yum-devel] [dnf] Re: Migrating from cron to systemd timers for dnf

[Ales Kozumplik]

On 01/21/2013 04:53 PM, Jochen Schmitt wrote:
> Hallo,
>
> based on a discussion of the last FESCo meeting I have create a patch
> to migrating dnf from cron jobs to systemd timers.
>
> I have attached this patch to this mail as an suggestion.
>
> Best Regards:
>
> Jochen Schmitt

Hello Jochen,

thank you for the effort making the patches. How have you tested those?

You should know that DNF has a bugzilla for this, 878826. I have similar 
patch ready on my local branch but haven't pushed it yet, there is an 
issue obtaining log files from ABRT collectors blocking this: 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=879597

The related FESCo meeting is probably this one:
http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/teams/fesco/fesco.2013-01-16-18.01.log.txt

To me it seems more like an open discussion whether we should be moving 
to the timers and less as an 'lets do this now' discussion. It also 
lacks substantial arguments for the move IMHO.

I'm adding yum-devel list if more people wanted to participate in the 
discussion.

I have to admit I also see systemd timers as a step forward from the 
hourly cron jobs, but the regressions this would cause need to be 
resolved first.

Ales