[Mageia-dev] Missing packages in Mageia 1. How to backport?

[Maarten Vanraes]

Op vrijdag 10 juni 2011 17:18:54 schreef Michael Scherer:
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> UI wise, I think it would make sense to have that ( even if a idea is
> not sufficient, and we need a patch ) :
> 
> User search for a package, he should see the latest recommended version
> ( ie, release/updates ).
> 
> If he say "also provides newer versions", then we could show backports,
> with some indication that we provides a tested version, and a
> potentially newer ones.
> 
> We can agree that everybody want something newer for some rpms, but few
> people want everything to be newer ( ie, now one run backports as a
> update media, I think ). So as much as I am against asking to users
> questions, we must show them the choice somewhere, in a non obstrusive
> way.
> 
> And for testing integration, I think we could have a different workflow,
> maybe something linked to a bug reporting tool. I have a bug on kde and
> use some custom bug reporting tool, the tools notice that something
> could be tested, and say to the user "we have a update candidate, do you
> want to test ? If unsure, say no" ?

+1