* Matthew Palmer: >> As a user, I think this is very convenient. The ability to switch >> back to a known-to-work version by tweaking a few configuration files >> is reassuring, even if you've tested the new software version on an >> indepedent machine. > > So archive bloat is not a problem for you,
No, it's not. If we have incremental Packages files, it's a complete non-issue for me. > and "apt-get dist-upgrade" not actually providing upgrades to the > latest versions of everything is perfectly fine? In quite a few cases, yes. For example, if data formats change, it's usually better not to try to upgrade automatically. Some maintainers ignore this problem entirely (look at the recent libberkeleydb-perl breakage for an example of the consequences). There's no guarantee that "apt-get dist-upgrade" will in fact install the latest version of anything, so I don't really understand your criticism. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
