[Mageia-dev] Proposal of a backporting process

[Maarten Vanraes]

Op zondag 26 juni 2011 00:16:59 schreef Michael Scherer:
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> > we
> > always say that backports should mainly be cherry picked, but not
> > enabled all the time... so how does installing a new version of e.g.
> > wine break the user's system when he can easily back out that rpm?
> 
> I a not sure that most people realize they can revert. Maybe a easier
> interface to do that could be offered ( along maybe with a tool that
> send feedback on why it did downgrade it ? ).

that's not a bad idea, what is the best way to revert? is that with --old-
package ?

what if the package has been removed on mirrors? (ie: due to more recent 
updates)