smart package mgr question?

[Rahul Sundaram]

Axel Thimm wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 01, 2006 at 01:14:35AM +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:

> 
>> Smart uses a different dependency resolving algorithm that offers to 
>> downgrade packages automatically. RPM is not designed for downgrades
> 
> One of the core features of rpm from the very beginning was to
> downgrades and uninstalls so the user is able to revert from a bad
> package. 

I didnt see any RPM design documents mention downgrades so I am curious 
where you got this impression from. A few examples,

http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/drafts/rpm-guide-en/ch01s02.html
http://www.rpm.org/max-rpm/s1-intro-to-rpm-rpm-design-goals.html

While there are command line arguments that would let RPM perform 
downgrades and even ignore dependencies, I wouldnt claim it was designed 
for such things.

Rahul