On Sat, 2009-08-01 at 19:49 +0100, Andrew Sayers wrote: > I've found a bug (or maybe it's a feature request) in apt (or maybe it's > in software-properties-gtk). I'd like to get people's opinions about > where this is best reported, and what the report should say. > > 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. > > Normally this is a minor irritant, but it can be a security issue, or > can even make recovery very hard indeed. Here are three user stories to > illustrate the issue:
I am sort of surprised that there has been no comments here about it. This is -- at least for me -- a clear need, and the user cases are consistent with my own experience. If we add in the mix the usual testing with PPAs, having a *standard* way of going back is not only desirable, but actually needed. I would say that a blueprint would be a good way to formalise this. > Would you find this too intrusive? Not intrusive enough? Should I > forget about Synaptic now that AppCenter is coming along, or should I > focus on getting functionality into APT that can later be made available > through the GUI? I do not know if too much/little intrusive, but I certainly like the idea, and I do think having a way of returning to a known, fully-supported state should be a *basic* requirement. This not only helps the casual user, as those that live on the bleeding edge. Thank you for the proposal.
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