[Mageia-dev] Proposal of a backporting process

[Michael Scherer]

Le dimanche 26 juin 2011 à 10:57 +0200, Maarten Vanraes a écrit :
> Op zondag 26 juni 2011 00:16:59 schreef Michael Scherer:
> [...]
> > > we
> > > always say that backports should mainly be cherry picked, but not
> > > enabled all the time... so how does installing a new version of e.g.
> > > wine break the user's system when he can easily back out that rpm?
> > 
> > I a not sure that most people realize they can revert. Maybe a easier
> > interface to do that could be offered ( along maybe with a tool that
> > send feedback on why it did downgrade it ? ).
> 
> that's not a bad idea, what is the best way to revert? is that with --old-
> package ?

urpme package; urpmi package

> what if the package has been removed on mirrors? (ie: due to more recent 
> updates)

Let me complete my proposal : 'revert to the version in release'.
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Michael Scherer