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

[Colin Guthrie]

[Didn't finish this sentence]

'Twas brillig, and Colin Guthrie at 10/06/11 11:44 did gyre and gimble:
> I don't think this is particularly relevant. Backports are unsupported
> generally. That's a given. If we encourage people to enable backports to
> get missing packages (this is very distinct and separate from the
> unsupported backports)

... then we will end up having to support people who have accidentally
updated to a backported package they didn't intend or want to install.
This is likely more hassle for us in the long run.

Col



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