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cilly wrote: |
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> On Jun 12, 2007, at 12:46 PM, Fernando J. Pereda wrote: |
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>> Known to be buggy versions. |
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> Of course, there are bugs in every version. Sometimes a user must be |
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> able to choose which bug is more problematic, i.e. the bug in the newer |
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> ebuild which makes the package unusable for them or the older bug which |
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> has a security issue the users are aware of but not present, i.e. |
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> prevented by firewall. A timeline of two weeks would allow the user to |
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> easily downgrade and if necessary put the ebuild in overlay. |
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Hello, |
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We (developers) won't immediately remove old packages versions if there |
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is no a good reason for it, at least in my case. |
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One of the main motivation for fast removal are security concerns, they |
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sometimes happen and they don't even get into our bugzilla database , |
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but the maintainer of the package is aware of it from upstream reports, |
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so these might be "unknown" problems for our users. |
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Best recommendation is that you trust the package maintainer and report |
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bugs in the new packages if you find them. |
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Regards, |
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Luis F. Araujo "araujo at gentoo.org" |
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Gentoo Linux |
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