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<H1>[Mageia-dev] Update of backport, policy proposal</H1>
<B>nicolas vigier</B>
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<I>Thu Jun 30 16:43:40 CEST 2011</I>
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<PRE>On Thu, 30 Jun 2011, Samuel Verschelde wrote:
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</I>><i> Le mardi 28 juin 2011 03:44:24, andre999 a écrit :
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > 2) Backports would not be removed from repos when a newer backport arrives,
</I>><i> > except those affected by security updates.
</I>><i> > This allows reverting to previous backports if a user finds a problem with
</I>><i> > a backport on their system.
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</I>><i> I'd prefer that we don't keep multiple backports versions in the repositories,
</I>><i> for the sake of simplicity. Users who ask for the latest must accept that
</I>><i> sometimes the latest is not the greatest. Plus, we have the backports_testing
</I>><i> repos so that users can test and spot bugs before the old backport is replaced
</I>><i> with the new one.
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</I>><i> I want stable : don't use backports.
</I>><i> I want the latest : use backports.
</I>><i> I want an intermediate version : no, sorry, your need is too specific. You can
</I>><i> still compile it.
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I think we can still keep the old versions on the repository. urpmi will
install the last one, but allow advanced users to use rpm manually to
install an older version if needed. However I don't think we should make
updates on older versions.
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