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<H1>[Mageia-dev] Backports policy clarification (and discussion)</H1>
<B>blind Pete</B>
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<I>Tue Jun 12 09:29:56 CEST 2012</I>
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<PRE>Sander Lepik wrote:
><i> 09.06.2012 13:29, andre999 kirjutas:
</I>>><i> OK. To backport from Cauldron to mga1, we have to backport from Cauldron
</I>>><i> to mga2, (bumping the revision in cauldron to ensure that is is higher),
</I>>><i> then backport from mga2 to
</I>>><i> mga1, ensuring that the revision is lower in mga1 than in mga2. (e.g.
</I>>><i> revision x.1 in
</I>>><i> cauldron, x.0.1 in mga2, x.0.0.1 in mga1) Pretty straight forward.
</I>>><i>
</I>>><i> - Cherry-picking refers to the users' option to install a backport, which
</I>>><i> has nothing to do with the packaging itself.
</I>>><i>
</I>>><i> - Ensure that upgrades never fail : Properly packaged, there is no
</I>>><i> reason why any available backports will not install properly, as long as
</I>>><i> the tools are appropriately
</I>>><i> adjusted. Backports should install just as reliably as regular updates.
</I>>><i> Of course, if a particular backport or update is not available, it won't
</I>>><i> install. Packages requiring it should not install either, which may not
</I>>><i> always be the case now. (This should be verified - for backports and
</I>>><i> updates.)
</I>><i> I see backports as the way to get some new stuff from cauldron before
</I>><i> cauldron is fully stable. There is no point to backport from cauldron to
</I>><i> n-2 (mga1 at the moment). If the user wants so much newer stuff s/he
</I>><i> better upgrade to latest stable.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> To not fail upgrade you must make sure that n-1 backports are not newer
</I>><i> than n +n's updates. You can't enable backports repo at upgrade time or it
</I>><i> would upgrade all possible packages from backports repo. I'm quite sure
</I>><i> most users don't want that to happen! Cherry-picking for me means that i
</I>><i> can upgrade some packages from backports and then disable the repo. After
</I>><i> that i'm still able to upgrade to fully stable next release (w/o
</I>><i> backports).
</I>
Create a key word "cherry-picking" for urpmi.cfg?
><i> --
</I>><i> Sander
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