[Mageia-dev] Proposed Feature:Backports_update_applet

Sat Jun 9 23:10:25 CEST 2012

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+Il 09/06/2012 22:53, andre999 ha scritto:
+> - 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.
+e.g. as update repository.
+great, at least someone got my point, i think i have said that in the
+beginning of this thread or the related one for mgaupdate...
+
+> - 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.
+I'm not a rpm macro guru, but i think we should change mkrel for that
+and we should also manage bpmga1, bpmga2, etc. So I can't see why, since
+a bpmgaX package could always be uploaded without respecting any
+upgradable rules...
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