Re: [poky] dnf5 and libdnf5 target release?

Alexander Kanavin <[email protected]> Thu, 7 Aug 2025 14:47:50 +0200
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On Thu, 7 Aug 2025 at 14:10, Alexander Kanavin via
lists.yoctoproject.org <[email protected]>
wrote:
> > I'm planning integration with libdnf, but the github page for libdnf
> > says that it is being superseeded by dnf5 and libdnf5. Are there any
> > current plans for what poky release that will be included in?
>
> This is not how yocto works. Things happen only if there are people
> with sufficient interest, willing to invest time into a certain
> subject. For dnf5 there curently are no such people to the best of my
> knowledge. You are welcome to develop the necessary changes, and they
> will be reviewed and tested.

That said, some years ago (way before dnf5 was ready even for fedora)
Ross had some preliminary patches. If I remember right, we quickly ran
into missing options (as compared to dnf4) that had to be added
upstream first, and that's where it stopped.

Alex