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

[Michael Scherer]

Le vendredi 10 juin 2011 à 14:21 +0200, Oliver Burger a écrit :
> Thomas Backlund <tmb at mageia.org> schrieb am 10.06.2011
> > So the path would then be */updates_testing -> */updates _if_ we
> > decide that's the way to go...
> As I see it, it's the only user friendly way. Using backports is fine 
> for experienced users who do know what to install from backports or 
> who are capable of facing the consequences.
> If a total newbie asks fort a package in the forums and is pointed to 
> backports he is in great danger of wrecking his system by installing 
> some new kernel, graphics driver, desktop or whatever, precisely 
> because there is no real qa on backports.

He can also wait for the release. Or he can enable backport just for the
time needed to install and then disable it. I think rpmdrake have some
stuff for that.

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Michael Scherer