Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
I'm not arguing that's how yum works now, but it doesn't
have to work
that way!
It could incrementally download the RPMs during depsolving, test that
they work together, and with that information download further
packages as necessary ...
I don't think that's practical, at all. For one, it'd mean a lot of wasted
downloading if the transaction turns out to be unresolvable. There are
probably also other practical issues with that idea.
Kevin Kofler