On 09/07/2001 09:45:35 AM "T.Pospisek's MailLists" wrote: >> Add versioning to debian packet management. Something like: >> >> # apt-get install package >> # # damn it broke my server again!! >> # apt-get rewind package
I'd prefer something "like CVS" so I could roll back to milestones or back to a specific date "apt-get make my Debian system exactly like it was when it passed my benchmark test, several upgrades ago" "apt-get make my Debian system exactly like it was on May 13 2001" "apt-get roll my system back to the CVS tag "potato"" Also, integrate all files tagged as conf-files into CVS optionally/automatically. "apt-get roll my httpd.conf back to last working version" etc. Add comments / CVS tags / CVS userid so you can tell the difference between a change a package upgrade tried to automatically make (and probably screwed up) or a change a sysadmin manually made. And add an easy to use shortcut command to rollback any changes a package tried to make in it's config, like "apt-get rewind conf package". Don't forget the obligatory GUI interface (??) Oh, and use the features of CVS so I can remotely secure CVS into a machine, change stuff, and it'll automatically act based solely on the CVS commit I make, without having to log in. So, via remote CVS I could force an "apt-get install" of any arbitrary package. Integrating CVS into Debian (as a core component, not just a package) would be a long, complex, and rewarding project.
