On 21:33 Sat 28 Jan , Ryan Hill wrote: > I've run into this three times today, so I'm a little grumpy. When you bump > to a new ~arch version, please consider keeping at least one previous ~arch > version around, so if people run into major issues they can at lease try the > previously installed version to determine if it's your package at fault. > Recent version bumps to two libraries have completely trashed a package I > maintain, and the only option for my users is downgrading them to stable, > which requires downgrading several other libraries. In both cases, the > previous ~arch version, which worked fine, was removed. > > Personally I always try to keep two versions in ~arch and one stable, > excepting security or other major bugs that render an older version useless.
Agreed with a slight modification — once you've kept the old
{stable,~arch} version around for a reasonable amount of time (say 30
days), you should be safe pulling it.
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Thanks,
Donnie
Donnie Berkholz
Council Member / Sr. Developer, Gentoo Linux <http://dberkholz.com>
Analyst, RedMonk <http://redmonk.com/dberkholz/>
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