Hello,
I have been wanting to update the kernel-module plugin for yum on SL5. 
I have it all ready in the testing area, and it does work so much better 
than the previous kernel module plugin.
The problem is that it does not backport very well to yum 3.0 which is 
on SL 5.0 and 5.1.  To keep things short there is a bug in yum 3.0 (and 
2.4) that prevents the plugin's from fixing up dependancies when yum 
gets them wrong.  This bug is fixed in yum 3.2 (which is what is in SL 
5.2 and 5.3)
So why would I worry about upgrading the old yum?
Because along with bug fixes, there is a couple of feature changes.  The 
biggest change is that yum 3.2 automatically has the installonlyn 
feature.  This only keeps 'n' kernels on your machine.
This works pretty good and I think many people will think it's great. 
But I don't know if everyone is going to like it, and they might be 
surprised by it.
Anyway, I need opinions.  Should I push the newer yum out to all of SL5? 
  Or should I just push it out to SL 5.2 and 5.3?

Troy
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