As a data point, "dnf" is the successor to yum. Started using it recently with Fedora 23... and it's pretty decent.
(It may not have been earlier on, I really don't know. ;>)
Something nifty about the new dnf is several of the older yum commands (eg builddep, yum-downloader) are now integrated directly so don't need extra utils installed. Seems like refinement is still happening.
If only my fingers didn't keep typing "dns" instead of "dnf" all the time, it would be great. :D
I just keep typing "yum", since it's an alias of dnf (albeit with an annoying nag message) and since I work on CentOS servers a lot and am automatically used to typing "yum".
(It may not have been earlier on, I really don't know. ;>)
Something nifty about the new dnf is several of the older yum commands (eg builddep, yum-downloader) are now integrated directly so don't need extra utils installed. Seems like refinement is still happening.
If only my fingers didn't keep typing "dns" instead of "dnf" all the time, it would be great. :D