[Mageia-dev] bug 2317 revisited: --update option should behave like --search-media

Thu Jun 21 20:01:51 CEST 2012

+> since QA is waiting for a fix for this for a long time (pre-mga1), we
+> should get this fixed asap.
+>
+> PS: since we're enabling backports, we should make sure that the update
+> validation process would have one of both required tests for validation
+> with backports enabled and the other disabled.
+
+We very much appreciate the work being done on this now. It is vital 
+that this be fixed with backports opening. I know you have been a hero 
+in this respect so the last thing I want to do is prevent progress.
+
+This is not a good solution, sorry. If QA has to test every update twice 
+(with and without backports enabled) it literally doubles our already 
+doubled workload overnight.
+
+It is doubled now because we have two releases and most updates include 
+both. It will be effectively quadrupled with this plan and that would be 
+unsustainable. We just don't have the manpower or enough hours in a day, 
+we are struggling to cope as it is.
+
+Two people have tested simply enabling Release media as update media and 
+not really noticed any drop in performance. I don't know what the 
+implications are for memory footprint though. It could be one simple 
+solution though perhaps, to enable them as updates by default, if the 
+complexity of others if prohibitive.
+
+Claire
+