[Mageia-dev] Backports policy clarification (and discussion)

Sat Jun 9 09:08:16 CEST 2012

Samuel Verschelde wrote:
+
+> Le vendredi 8 juin 2012 20:20:54, David W. Hodgins a écrit :
+>> On Fri, 08 Jun 2012 10:22:41 -0400, Samuel Verschelde
+>> <stormi at laposte.net>
+> wrote:
+>> > I think you missed my point. If Mageia 1 "backports" has higher
+>> > versions than Mageia 2 "release" (not backports), upgrade can fail
+>> > because currently our tools do not take backports from the target
+>> > release (mageia 2) into account when upgrading a distro.
+>> 
+>> In the upgrade from Mandriva 2010.2 to Mageia 1, it was made clear, that
+>> upgrading from a system with 2010.2 Backports was not supported.  It may
+>> work, but was not recommended.
+>> 
+>> I think we should keep the same policy for the upgrade from Mageia 1 to
+>> 2.
+>> I.E.  Don't use backports if you are planning on later doing an upgrade,
+>> rather then a clean install.
+>> 
+>> That way, Mageia 1 users who want firefox 13 can get it, without us
+>> having to replace the Mageia 2 iso images with an upgraded installer,
+>> that will keep backports enabled for 2, if it was enabled for 1.
+>> 
+>> Regards, Dave Hodgins
+> 
+> Again, this is not the policy we adopted. When we defined the backports
+> policy (together, although it seems most people are just discovering it
+> now) we said that we didn't want to have backports that don't work, break
+> a system, or prevent upgrade.
+> 
+> However, I think that for DVD upgrade without internet access this is a
+> sensible option. But the upgrader should detect the situation itself, not
+> hope that the user will read somewhere in the release notes that it's not
+> supported.
+
+No, just include Cauldron's backport repositories (disabled by default) 
+inside the DVD iso.  Upgrade to the release version, if possible.  
+If that is not possible, upgrade to the version in backports.  
+
+> And there should be a way for those who have internet access to upgrade
+> online *with* backports too.
+> 
+> Samuel
+
+-- 
+blind Pete
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