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Red Hat Releases DNF 4.20 In Preparation For DNF5

([Red Hat] 3 Hours Ago DNF 4.20)


DNF 4.20 was released this morning by Red Hat as a stepping stone toward the upcoming DNF5 package manager.

DNF 4.20 brings various DNF5 preparations and fixes:

- Prepare man pages for switch to dnf5 as the default package manager

- Do not add user site-packages directory to sys.path (RHEL-26646

- Remove --duplicates and --oldinstallonly exit with 0 when nothing to remove (RHEL-6424)

- repoquery: Fix loading filelists when -f is used (RhBug:2276012)

- Prepare for switch of dnf5 in Rawhide

Now that Fedora 40 is out, [1]Fedora 41 is aiming to switch to DNF5 by default after [2]failing to make it for Fedora 39 .

DNF5 has a reduced footprint compared to the existing DNF, better performance thanks to changes like concurrently downloading repository metadata, package query operations are also much faster, and a more unified user experience.

Those wishing to download DNF 4.20 from source can find it via [3]rpm-software-management/dnf on GitHub.



[1] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-41-Switch-DNF5-Approved

[2] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-39-DNF-Plan

[3] https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf/releases/tag/4.20.0


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We should realize that a city is better off with bad laws, so long as they
remain fixed, then with good laws that are constantly being altered, that
the lack of learning combined with sound common sense is more helpful than
the kind of cleverness that gets out of hand, and that as a general rule,
states are better governed by the man in the street than by intellectuals.
These are the sort of people who want to appear wiser than the laws, who
want to get their own way in every general discussion, because they feel that
they cannot show off their intelligence in matters of greater importance, and
who, as a result, very often bring ruin on their country.
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