[Yum-devel] metadata_expire adjustment

[seth vidal]

On Fri, 2005-12-02 at 11:44 -0800, David Lutterkort wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-12-02 at 14:39 -0500, seth vidal wrote:
> > Hi,
> >  So lots of people are pissing and moaning about the metadata_expiration
> > time being too long. Let's ignore the fact that they can adjust them and
> > talk  about what is a reasonable time.
> > 
> > Right now the time is 8 hours.
> > 
> > Suggestions have been: 10 minutes, 20 minutes, 1/2 hour or 1hours
> > 
> > any comments?
> 
> Could we get a slashdot poll on that ?
> 
> If the goal is to make repeated use of yum less painful (as in yum
> search, yum install), 1/2 an hour or an hour seem reasonable.

yes, that's the goal..

-sv