[Mageia-dev] Missing packages in Mageia 1. How to backport?

Fri Jun 10 17:30:12 CEST 2011

Op vrijdag 10 juni 2011 17:18:54 schreef Michael Scherer:
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+> UI wise, I think it would make sense to have that ( even if a idea is
+> not sufficient, and we need a patch ) :
+> 
+> User search for a package, he should see the latest recommended version
+> ( ie, release/updates ).
+> 
+> If he say "also provides newer versions", then we could show backports,
+> with some indication that we provides a tested version, and a
+> potentially newer ones.
+> 
+> We can agree that everybody want something newer for some rpms, but few
+> people want everything to be newer ( ie, now one run backports as a
+> update media, I think ). So as much as I am against asking to users
+> questions, we must show them the choice somewhere, in a non obstrusive
+> way.
+> 
+> And for testing integration, I think we could have a different workflow,
+> maybe something linked to a bug reporting tool. I have a bug on kde and
+> use some custom bug reporting tool, the tools notice that something
+> could be tested, and say to the user "we have a update candidate, do you
+> want to test ? If unsure, say no" ?
+
++1
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