[game-data-packager] 01/01: add links to dnf python documentation

[Alexandre Detiste]

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commit 6051b5f0a61520a7b3f9e341cd400483b59a2063
Author: Alexandre Detiste <alexandre.detiste at gmail.com>
Date:   Wed Jan 6 16:15:16 2016 +0100

    add links to dnf python documentation
    
    I would had filed a bug,
    but I can't file a bug against
    a not-yet-existing package.
---
 game_data_packager/packaging/rpm.py | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/game_data_packager/packaging/rpm.py b/game_data_packager/packaging/rpm.py
index 36f2201..163e50d 100644
--- a/game_data_packager/packaging/rpm.py
+++ b/game_data_packager/packaging/rpm.py
@@ -61,6 +61,17 @@ class RpmPackaging(PackagingSystem):
         elif method == 'rpm':
             run_as_root(['rpm', '-U'] + list(rpms), gain_root)
 
+
+# XXX: dnf is written in python3 and has a stable public api,
+#      it is likely faster to use it instead of calling 'dnf' pgm.
+#
+#      I just can't make sense of it or of these "simple examples"
+#
+#      http://dnf.readthedocs.org/en/latest/api_base.html
+#      https://github.com/timlau/dnf-apiex
+#
+#      As install_packages() needs root, we need to use the 'dnf' pgm
+
 class DnfPackaging(RpmPackaging):
     install_cmd = 'dnf install'
     package_map = {

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