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