One option smart needs to conquer the world

[Axel Thimm]

On Wed, Feb 22, 2006 at 11:02:37AM -0500, Neal Becker wrote:
> When I talk about smart on fedora lists, there is a lot of resistance to the 
> idea of a package system that would automatically downgrade packages.  This, 
> they say, is not safe.
> 
> What about a configuration option to prevent downgrading, or only allow it by 
> manual override?  That should satisfy everyone.

downgrading usually happens for a reason, the user is mostly happy
with.

I recently had someone complain that asking smart to install GFS on
Fedora would "downgrade" the kernel, when in fact GFS kernel support
is always lagging behind the kernel rpm releases, so when the user
asked for GFS support smart gave him exactly that: GFS support for the
latest GFS-supported kernel rpm.
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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