Hi, On Sun, 2008-02-10 at 23:48 -0500, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > On Sun, 2008-02-10 at 20:39 -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > > So we should also never upgrade /usr/bin/python, /usr/bin/perl, or > > /usr/bin/gcc to point at a new upstream version because users may > have local > > programs that assume particular non-standard behavior from these > programs, > > right? > > I think that's a different case. There is a big difference between a > newer version of the same program and a totally different program with > fewer features. >
It's possible for programs to completely change between versions. There really is no difference in reality between switching from program A to program B and switching from program A 1.1 to 1.2. The risk of problems is exactly the same. William
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