Andy Parker <andy <at> puppetlabs.com> writes: > This would be a complete regression of issue #1999, which would be a > majorly breaking change to the apt provider and so we can't do. > > We can maybe do the original suggestion that there is a flag with > disables this, but it would have to be off by default.
The problem with keeping this option as the default is two fold. 1. Debian does not officially support downgrading. Sometimes it works fine, other times the downgrade leaves the service completely unusable and has the potential to corrupt data. 2. The force option also breaks package dependencies, which can leave the system unusable. I understand the need for backward compatibility, however having a force flag set by default should never have been added. Also, if downgrading is a critical path in your puppet configuration then you have larger problems. Thanks, Jesse Hathaway -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-dev?hl=en.
