Re: Downgrading packages after removing a repository

2009-08-05 Thread Michael Bienia
On 2009-08-04 13:14:25 -0500, C de-Avillez wrote: > On Tue, 2009-08-04 at 17:56 +0200, Michael Bienia wrote: > > On 2009-08-01 19:49:33 +0100, Andrew Sayers wrote: > > > When you add a repository to your computer, then remove that repository, > > > it's not obvious how to downgrade packages that a

Re: Downgrading packages after removing a repository

2009-08-05 Thread Michael Bienia
On 2009-08-04 18:28:17 +0100, Andrew Sayers wrote: > You make a good point about breakage when packages are downgraded. But > it seems a little disingenuous for us to bend over backwards to make > unsupported upgrades possible (adding a "software sources" menu item, > putting PPAs in Launchpad,

Re: Downgrading packages after removing a repository

2009-08-05 Thread Andrew Sayers
Michael Bienia wrote: > Indepenent of how hard you make it to break an installation, there will > be someone who managed to break it nonetheless and expects from you to > unbreak it. And at the same time you will annoy experienced users who > know what they are doing. I don't follow this part. C

Re: Downgrading packages after removing a repository

2009-08-05 Thread Andrew Sayers
Michael Bienia wrote: > On 2009-08-05 12:55:04 +0100, Andrew Sayers wrote: >> Michael Bienia wrote: >> >>> Indepenent of how hard you make it to break an installation, there will >>> be someone who managed to break it nonetheless and expects from you to >>> unbreak it. And at the same time you wil

Re: Downgrading packages after removing a repository

2009-08-05 Thread Dmitrijs Ledkovs
2009/8/1 Andrew Sayers : > When you add a repository to your computer, then remove that repository, > it's not obvious how to downgrade packages that are no longer available. > https://edge.launchpad.net/~xorg-edgers/+archive/ppa/+files/ppa-purge_0.2.2~jaunty.dsc Removes a ppa and downgrades that

Re: Downgrading packages after removing a repository

2009-08-05 Thread C de-Avillez
On Thu, 2009-08-06 at 01:08 +0300, Dmitrijs Ledkovs wrote: > 2009/8/1 Andrew Sayers : > > When you add a repository to your computer, then remove that repository, > > it's not obvious how to downgrade packages that are no longer available. > > > > https://edge.launchpad.net/~xorg-edgers/+archive/p

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