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