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Also windows changed and sometimes changes +between a sp to another, sometimes (often) some applications +just stop working. +And yes you can take the old one. But it's not always easy. +It depends on the good will of developers, not all the not open source +projects leave old packages to download... +And yes, you've probably been right, it's *very* *easy* to downgrade a +W. service pack... + +><i> In all the Linux distros, once the official repos have upgraded an +</I>><i> application, you're normally supposed to use it, because downgrading is: +</I>><i> (1) difficult; +</I>For those who do not want to learn yes. For those who are just users yes. +The first kind cannot complain, the second one yes. But some distros +add some package that allows to install new programs locally +(one of those was called autopackage, now forked... i tested once, +worked but *I* did not need such a feature). +><i> (2) discouraged. +</I>Why? locally you can always do what you want. I remember a friend that +installed a RH, but after that he installed all the programs he needs +by using configure make make install... it was not a red hat anymore +but it started like it was. He had what he needed and worked how he liked to. + +><i> Because, postulate 2, "whereas different versions of system DLLs can +</I>><i> coexist in a given Windows release, this is typically impossible in Linux, +</I>><i> BY DESIGN" (and this is not about GTK+1 coexisting with GTK+2, nor about +</I>><i> KDE3 compatibility libs in KDE4, and also not about installing in /opt or +</I>><i> other tricks). +</I>different dlls can lay on the system only if the are different. e.g name version +etc, the same it's for .so files. So the problem is not on the system but on +the developers, if they break abi and don't change the so version according +and the packager does not see that, then yes they can't co-exists. + +><i> Breaking a package is one thing, breaking the kernel is a totally different +</I>><i> one. +</I>Why don't you ask that to those people that run to buy windows vista after +an update of a famous anti-virus in XP, because they cannot use their system +any more? + + + +-- + Angelo +-------------- next part -------------- +A non-text attachment was scrubbed... +Name: not available +Type: application/pgp-signature +Size: 198 bytes +Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. +URL: </pipermail/mageia-dev/attachments/20110716/8d003769/attachment.asc> +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="006760.html">[Mageia-dev] kernel 3.0 is a big mistake in cauldron +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="006765.html">[Mageia-dev] kernel 3.0 is a big mistake in cauldron +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#6761">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#6761">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#6761">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#6761">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |