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On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 11:55 -0500, Jeff Johnson wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">On Feb 22, 2006, at 11:50 AM, Richard Hendershot wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Should a packager be allowed to specify this? I'm wondering how a </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> packager would know about the dependencies enough to be able to </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> decide -for me- that downgrading is not appropriate. When I see a </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> lot of removes and downgrades I have the choice of finding other </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> appropriate packages, waiting, etc. If I'm getting your point, </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> then the packager would be able to prevent installing since it </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> would detect a downgrade?</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Should M$ determine who has access to your computer?</FONT>
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no
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">It's really the same issue, and neither M$ nor the packager are in a </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">position</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">to determine package downgradibility on *your* machine.</FONT>
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I'm confused. I thought your point was that a packager *should* have a hook so s/he may prevent downgrades.
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">73 de Jeff</FONT>
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Richard Hendershot <<A HREF="mailto:rshendershot@mchsi.com">rshendershot@mchsi.com</A>>
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