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Otherwise, we can't really say +</I>>><i> that we're providing security updates to our backports. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> My feature proposal is to implement something similar to what mgaonline + +</I>>><i> MageiaUpdate does for updates, but for backports, with some changes due to +</I>>><i> the fact that users will rarely want that "all" packages on the system be +</I>>><i> updated from backports when the backports media are activated. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> <A HREF="https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Feature:Backports_update_applet">https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Feature:Backports_update_applet</A> +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> I don't think I can do the dev myself. I can work on more detailed +</I>>><i> specifications with a developer though. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Samuel +</I>>><i> +</I>><i> There are a multiple ways that this problem could be handled. +</I>><i> Yours is one. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Samuel's way: +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Need "something" to know that a backport package +</I>><i> has been installed, to remember that fact, and to do an extra +</I>><i> backport update search when looking for updates. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> It would need to keep working if the user changed desktop +</I>><i> environments, or even stopped used a desktop and just used +</I>><i> the command line. Does mgaonline do this? There could be +</I>><i> room to improve that. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> If it can be detected that a backport package has been installed +</I>><i> (or less efficiently, detect that a backports repository +</I>><i> has been activated) set up a cron job (or reconfigure mgaonline) +</I>><i> and leave it like that for the life of the installation. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Geeks way: +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Only use urpmi as a command line tool and edit urpmi.cfg with vi. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> When activating a backports repository mark it as an update +</I>><i> repository. Then update with "urpmi --excludemedia [backport media, ...]" +</I>><i> accepting all suggestions, followed by "urpmi --auto-select" +</I>><i> and look at what is offered before accepting. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> My suggestion: +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Add "bp" to the package name and have separate backports update +</I>><i> repositories. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Users would then be able to cherry pick from backports and +</I>><i> updates should _just work_ without extra intervention. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> The only difficulty that I can think of is, when a backport +</I>><i> (or backport update) package is pushed to updates. It would +</I>><i> not be necessary to do a real update but the rpm database +</I>><i> should be updated such that version N-bp supersedes version N. +</I>><i> (And the N-bp packages should be removed from the repositories.) +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Can anyone see any holes in the logic? +</I>><i> +</I>><i> What would be easiest to implement? +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>You got me thinking :) +- Just marking all backport repos as update repos is almost enough to +solve the problem, in terms of the tools installing the backports. +Great idea ! +We just have to tweak the tools so that a backport is only installed as +an update of a backport. + +- Note that we should allow a non-backport to replace a backport, as +will likely be encountered in a release update. If the versioning is +properly done (according to established packaging policy), a +non-backport in a newer release will have a higher version number, thus +replacing the backport. + +- Functioning as an update, it would only replace already installed +backports, once the tools are appropriately adjusted. + +- As with any update repo, one could always explicitly install a +backport which is not already installed. No special treatment is +required for this. + +- using "bp" in the file name is nice and short, and definitively marks +it as a backport for the tools, and for the user once installed. (I +would put it in the revision field.) +I like this approach, as it doesn't matter from where the package is +installed; it will always be recognized as a backport. + +So I'm suggesting a variation of the last 2 solutions. +I think that this would be relatively easy to implement. +The trick is to find the right place in the code for the tweaks. +(tv could probably do it really fast.) + +-- +André + +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="016309.html">[Mageia-dev] Proposed Feature:Backports_update_applet +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="016331.html">[Mageia-dev] Proposed Feature:Backports_update_applet +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#16330">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#16330">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#16330">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#16330">[ 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> |