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IgnacioVazquezAbrams/YumHelper
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YumHelper
Summary
YumHelper will be invoked whenever a tool needs specific additional packages
Owner
- Name: unowned
Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora X
- Last updated: 2007-07-18
- Percentage of completion: XX%
Detailed Description
Currently in order to use some Fedora software (particularly administration tools such as authconfig et al) a large number of other associated packages must be installed in order for all of the features within the package to work. Without the proper packages installed the software may either go through the motions ineffectually, or in the worst cases just outright crash. YumHelper is a "package assistant" that can be invoked by another piece of software that can invoke yum in order to install additional packages.
Benefit to Fedora
The initial package payload can be reduced since software can load packages on demand instead of requiring them to already be in place.
Scope
This will require rewriting pieces of software in order to pass requests to YumHelper and then wait until the requests have been fulfilled.
Test Plan
User Experience
Dependencies
Contingency Plan
Software using YumHelper should degrade gracefully if YumHelper is not present.
