One option smart needs to conquer the world

[Jeff Johnson]

On Feb 22, 2006, at 11:50 AM, Richard Hendershot wrote:

> Should a packager be allowed to specify this?  I'm wondering how a  
> packager would know about the dependencies enough to be able to  
> decide -for me- that downgrading is not appropriate.  When I see a  
> lot of removes and downgrades I have the choice of finding other  
> appropriate packages, waiting, etc.  If I'm getting your point,  
> then the packager would be able to prevent installing since it  
> would detect a downgrade?
>

Should M$ determine who has access to your computer?

It's really the same issue, and neither M$ nor the packager are in a  
position
to determine package downgradibility on *your* machine.

73 de Jeff