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Hodgins a écrit : +</I>>>><i> +</I>>>>><i> On Fri, 08 Jun 2012 10:22:41 -0400, Samuel Verschelde +</I>>>>><i> <<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">stormi at laposte.net</A>> +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> wrote: +</I>>>><i> +</I>>>>>><i> I think you missed my point. If Mageia 1 "backports" has higher +</I>>>>>><i> versions than Mageia 2 "release" (not backports), upgrade can fail +</I>>>>>><i> because currently our tools do not take backports from the target +</I>>>>>><i> release (mageia 2) into account when upgrading a distro. +</I>>>>>><i> +</I>>>>><i> In the upgrade from Mandriva 2010.2 to Mageia 1, it was made clear, +</I>>>>><i> that +</I>>>>><i> upgrading from a system with 2010.2 Backports was not supported. It +</I>>>>><i> may work, but was not recommended. +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>>><i> I think we should keep the same policy for the upgrade from Mageia 1 to +</I>>>>><i> 2. +</I>>>>><i> I.E. Don't use backports if you are planning on later doing an +</I>>>>><i> upgrade, rather then a clean install. +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>>><i> That way, Mageia 1 users who want firefox 13 can get it, without us +</I>>>>><i> having to replace the Mageia 2 iso images with an upgraded installer, +</I>>>>><i> that will keep backports enabled for 2, if it was enabled for 1. +</I>>>>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Current tools will correctly update backports much of the time. (From +</I>><i> my experience.) +</I>><i> The tools just need to be reworked somewhat to ensure that backports are +</I>><i> updated correctly all of the time. +</I>><i> +</I>>>>><i> Regards, Dave Hodgins +</I>>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> Again, this is not the policy we adopted. When we defined the backports +</I>>>><i> policy (together, although it seems most people are just discovering it +</I>>>><i> now) we said that we didn't want to have backports that don't work, +</I>>>><i> break a system, or prevent upgrade. +</I>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> However, I think that for DVD upgrade without internet access this is a +</I>>>><i> sensible option. But the upgrader should detect the situation itself, +</I>>>><i> not hope that the user will read somewhere in the release notes that +</I>>>><i> it's not supported. +</I>>>><i> +</I>>><i> No, just include Cauldron's backport repositories (disabled by default) +</I>>><i> inside the DVD iso. Upgrade to the release version, if possible. +</I>>><i> If that is not possible, upgrade to the version in backports. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Cauldron's backport repos will always be empty. +</I>><i> If you introduce a new package, or a new version of an existing package +</I>><i> to Cauldron, it is not, by definition, a backport. Even though the same +</I>><i> version (not counting the revision) may be a backport for previous +</I>><i> releases. +</I> +By definition you are completely correct, but I was deliberatly +bending the definition to cover beta software. Or at least to +draw a distinction between an Extended Support Release package +and a standard package. A new name would make sense here. + +><i> So if we do a release update to the latest release, backports will be +</I>><i> replaced by regular packages except in those cases where a newer version +</I>><i> has been introduced into Cauldron. And if we update to Cauldron, all +</I>><i> backports will be replaced by regular packages -- according to our +</I>><i> backport policy. +</I>[snip] + +Some packages annoyingly have two current versions. When that +happens it seems perfectly reasonable to just pick one, but if +anyone is ambitious enough to try two at once, this would be a +mechanism to handle it. + +-- +blind Pete +Sig goes here... + +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="016318.html">[Mageia-dev] Backports policy clarification (and discussion) +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="016424.html">[Mageia-dev] Backports policy clarification (and discussion) +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#16416">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#16416">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#16416">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#16416">[ 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> |