DNF5 - Next Generation of Software Management
summary
DNF5 is a C++ reimplementation that consolidates libdnf, provides dnf5 CLI (replacing microdnf) and a daemon to replace PackageKit, and keeps Python bindings; plugins for the CLI must be C++. It stops downloading the huge filelists by default (no default filelists), speeding repo queries from ~2s to under 1s in examples and cutting metadata size (34 MB vs 83 MB). Roadmap ties deprecation milestones to Fedora 38/39/40 and the API adds safer call ordering and structural logging for transactions.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction to DNF
- 1:31Motivation for DNF5
- 4:26DNF5 architecture
- 8:25Improved API and reporting
- 12:58Performance enhancements
- 15:18Performance comparison
- 16:17Roadmap and transition
- 21:17Transitioning to demos
- 21:45DNF5 demonstrations
- 29:48Team and collaboration
- 31:52Questions and answers
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