[Mageia-dev] Proposal: Updating released versions (long post)

Sat Oct 9 22:19:56 CEST 2010

Marc Paré wrote:
+>
+> I guess both of your suggestions would work André and Margot.
+>
+> So, this sounds like it could be something that could be worked out. I
+> would prefer, as a user, Margot's process. Of course the user would
+> have to be able to see the usage and re-claimed space due to his use
+> or Backports. Just to keep informed.
+All of this is way more complicated than it needs to be. 
+
+The original proposal included a provision for leaving the post-release
+backports packages on the backports mirror when a newer backport of that
+package arrived, so that the older version could be downloaded if needed
+for a rollback. 
+
+I left out the option to cache old packages on the user's system
+precisely to avoid arguments about space, but if you combine the two,
+i.e. check the user's system and go to the mirror if it's not there,
+then you can do something relatively simple, such as automatically
+deleting local versions of packages after a certain amount of time. 
+
+No need to prompt the user since the old package can always be retrieved
+from the mirror, and it will be transparent to the user (except for
+slightly slower response) where the package came from.
+