On Mon, 27 Jun 2011 20:17:22 +0100 Colin Guthrie wrote: > 'Twas brillig, and Michael Scherer at 25/06/11 23:16 did gyre and gimble: > >> 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 ? ). > > I've seen various ppa-purge commands being dished out for custom PPAs on > Ubuntu. It looks like quite a nice idea, but only really applies for > individual use archives (e.g. help us test the development version of > $foo), not a general purpose one like "backports". > > That said, a GUI which detected that certain packages have come from > backports and offers and easy mechanism to "switch" back to the older > one from release or updates would, IMO, be a plus.
Rpms from Tainted have 'tainted' in the filename - why not do the same for backports? Surely that would make their identification a little simpler? John NZ
