On Thu, 2011-03-24 at 11:56 -0400, Lamar Owen wrote:
But I do prefer python over C++ anytime, though speedwise it was unbeatable.
At the time I last used it, synaptic could have all the updated headers downloaded, I could have my new selections made, and the update could be halfway done before the yumex of that time had finished updating the yum cache. Yumex is still not a speed demon, that's for sure. This is one place the Ubuntu and Debian updaters excel: they are wicked fast. But no presto; and on slower lines and for bigger updates presto is a major win.
Have you looked at yumex in f14 or rawhide? Or from Tim's builds here: http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/timlau/yumex/
I ask b/c he's made a lot of great changes to yumex and it is faster.
worth looking at.
-sv