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+ <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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+&gt;<i>
+</I>&gt;<i> Le mardi 28 juin 2011 03:44:24, andre999 a &#233;crit :
+</I>&gt;<i> &gt;
+</I>&gt;<i> &gt; 2) Backports would not be removed from repos when a newer backport arrives,
+</I>&gt;<i> &gt; except those affected by security updates.
+</I>&gt;<i> &gt; This allows reverting to previous backports if a user finds a problem with
+</I>&gt;<i> &gt; a backport on their system.
+</I>&gt;<i>
+</I>&gt;<i> I'd prefer that we don't keep multiple backports versions in the repositories,
+</I>&gt;<i> for the sake of simplicity. Users who ask for the latest must accept that
+</I>&gt;<i> sometimes the latest is not the greatest. Plus, we have the backports_testing
+</I>&gt;<i> repos so that users can test and spot bugs before the old backport is replaced
+</I>&gt;<i> with the new one.
+</I>&gt;<i>
+</I>&gt;<i> I want stable : don't use backports.
+</I>&gt;<i> I want the latest : use backports.
+</I>&gt;<i> I want an intermediate version : no, sorry, your need is too specific. You can
+</I>&gt;<i> still compile it.
+</I>
+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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