[arch] Re : Arch release police - extra repo

[Olivier Médoc]

> > I think it would not be much effort, and you'll give the users the
> > choice of sticking to a release or not. So the question is, why not? The
> > only reason I see to not doing this is because of the diskspace this
> > "additional" packages need.
> > And if the releases are just there for easier installations, why do you
> > still keep older releases?

History ;)


More than History, there is still sometimes a downgrade issue because some buggy package don't exist anymore in it's old version.

Don't misunderstand me, ArchLinux have a "step forward" philosophy, and old packages should simply be dropped, but it must not constraint the users.

Maybe some package versions should be flagged. Then the repos can keep them one year in an "archive" repository. It can be useful in two case :

- A user need to use a program NOW. He don't used this program since a month or more and is stuck with a bug in a new version. He can't downgrade it quickly because there isn't any old binary.

- It can also be used to check when a bug apears (I don't want to compile some old packages to check if it worked in an earlier version).







	

	
		
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