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[dnf5] Confusion when working with 'group' and 'environment' commands #724

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zdohnal opened this issue Jul 14, 2023 · 0 comments
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[dnf5] Confusion when working with 'group' and 'environment' commands #724

zdohnal opened this issue Jul 14, 2023 · 0 comments
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Priority: MEDIUM Triaged Someone on the DNF 5 team has read the issue and determined the next steps to take
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Fedora 42

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zdohnal commented Jul 14, 2023 •
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Hi,

usually if I need to upgrade my virtual machine to a desktop, I install environment group for Fedora Workstation. My DNF4 workflow was:

# dnf group list
# # find the correct string
# dnf -y group install <group name>

With DNF5, there is a confusion (at least for me :) ) - environment groups are not listed by dnf group list, but by dnf environment list - so a common user would think: "Ok, 'environment' is your command for this now", however there is no 'install' subcommand for 'environment'... and user has to use 'group install' again, which is IMHO confusing, especially the fact the group is not listed by group command, but can be installed by it.

I thought about this and I would see the following solutions:

  1. list environment groups under 'dnf groups list' again, which will provide backwards compatibility in behavior,
  2. 'environment' command will have subcommand 'install'
  3. mention in 'environment' command documentation+man page that installation is handled by 'dnf group' command.

WDYT?
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kontura added a commit to kontura/dnf5 that referenced this issue Nov 9, 2023
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Add environment_no_groups goal setting for replaying env actions
262b8cb 
This could also be used if we want to mark an environment as installed
eg adding a `--no-groups` switch (to complement the `--no-packages`).

If a `environment install` subcommand is added (rpm-software-management#724)
it could look like:`dnf5 environment install env-id --no-groups`.

It is breaking ABI.
@jan-kolarik jan-kolarik added Priority: MEDIUM Triaged Someone on the DNF 5 team has read the issue and determined the next steps to take labels Jan 2, 2024
@jan-kolarik jan-kolarik added this to the Fedora 41 milestone Jan 30, 2024
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