On Thu, Nov 25, 2021 at 8:59 AM Thomas Deutschmann <whi...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > Hi, > > On 2021-11-25 04:49, Mike Gilbert wrote: > > On 2021-11-21, keywords for dev-db/mariadb-10.6 were removed to > > address a file collision with dev-db/mariadb-connector-c. This > > unintentionally triggered a version downgrade for users who had > > successfully upgraded to dev-db/mariadb-10.6 already. > > Works for me. However, I would write dev-db/mariadb:10.6. Is that > acceptable for you?
Sure. > > I don't like the phrase "forcefully downgraded" here. This implies > > that something happened without the user's consent. emerge would have > > informed them of the downgrade before it happened. I would suggest > > removing the word "forcefully" from these paragraphs. > > If you do a normal world upgrade, this is the default portage behavior, > not? I.e. package manager will downgrade if you don't stop. And > especially on servers, people tend to use cronjobs/scripts to do that... Something happening by default is not the same as forcing it to happen. Using a cron job or other blind automation to do package upgrades on any production system is a bad idea. We certainly do not recommend that to people, nor force them to do it. > And forcefully here refers to the undesirable result (at least that was > my intention). Something the user doesn't want. That's really not what "forcefully" means. It would be fine to use "unintentional" or "unwanted" in its place.
