Axel Thimm wrote:
What am I pointing out is that what functionality RPM offers is
different from what is being designed for.
It was designed for allowing downgrades and it has this
functionality. So there is no such difference for the topic discussed.
There is where we disagree.
I never heard any RPM developer describe rpm's ability to do
downgrades as part of its design (quite the opposite) nor did I see
it being described as such in any RPM guides.
I just gave you a quote out of the "RPM guides" that explicitely does
so that you trimmed in your reply. Didn't you read it?
Yes. I did but its not described anywhere as a design goal. We already
know that RPM has this feature. So pointing out that to me makes no
difference.
And wrt rpm developers stating that rpm does not support downgrades -
since you don't want to check the archives/bugzilla, I challenge you
to state that on rpm user/devel list. I'm sure you'll read some strong
rectifying answers on that. ;)
I have talked to rpm people on IRC before when rpm rollbacks got screwed
up so I dont feel the need to go witch hunting now again on this. When
we decide who the upstream is next, I will make sure to ask them about
downgrades ;-). Anyway, enough of this now.
Rahul
