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<H1>[Mageia-dev] Proposal for backport process and policy</H1>
<B>Samuel Verschelde</B>
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<I>Fri Aug 5 19:11:45 CEST 2011</I>
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<PRE>Le vendredi 5 août 2011 19:05:21, nicolas vigier a écrit :
><i> On Tue, 26 Jul 2011, Samuel Verschelde wrote:
</I>><i> > *** Old backports ***
</I>><i> > Remove old backports when newer ones are submitted
</I>><i> > - otherwise we let people use old bugged or plagged with security issues
</I>><i> > packages, when they don't necessarily know that there are problems with
</I>><i> > them - simpler choice : users have to choose between the version in
</I>><i> > updates and the one in backports, not more
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</I>><i> rpmdrake shows older versions too ?
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Yes.
Samuel
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