FC 5 Updates Suggestion
tbrowder
tbrowder at cox.net
Sun Apr 9 11:05:52 UTC 2006
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Vian
> Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 10:36 PM
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases
> Subject: Re: FC 5 Updates Suggestion
...
> I don't think that is a good idea.
>
> We have all seen packages that break for some installs when
> an update occurs. As long as the older package is still
> available the user can roll back the update and get his
> system/package/application working again.
>
> I don't think it is necessary to keep more than a couple of
> the older packages, but removing all the old ones as soon as
> the new one is available would not be wise.
I never suggested removing, them, just moving the older ones, say to a
subdirectory named 'old_rpms'.
-Tom
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