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<B>John</B>
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<PRE>On Mon, 27 Jun 2011 20:17:22 +0100
Colin Guthrie wrote:
><i> 'Twas brillig, and Michael Scherer at 25/06/11 23:16 did gyre and gimble:
</I>><i> >> we
</I>><i> >> always say that backports should mainly be cherry picked, but not
</I>><i> >> enabled all the time... so how does installing a new version of e.g.
</I>><i> >> wine break the user's system when he can easily back out that rpm?
</I>><i> >
</I>><i> > I a not sure that most people realize they can revert. Maybe a easier
</I>><i> > interface to do that could be offered ( along maybe with a tool that
</I>><i> > send feedback on why it did downgrade it ? ).
</I>><i>
</I>><i> I've seen various ppa-purge commands being dished out for custom PPAs on
</I>><i> Ubuntu. It looks like quite a nice idea, but only really applies for
</I>><i> individual use archives (e.g. help us test the development version of
</I>><i> $foo), not a general purpose one like "backports".
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</I>><i> That said, a GUI which detected that certain packages have come from
</I>><i> backports and offers and easy mechanism to "switch" back to the older
</I>><i> one from release or updates would, IMO, be a plus.
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Rpms from Tainted have 'tainted' in the filename - why not do the same for
backports? Surely that would make their identification a little simpler?
John NZ
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