Le mercredi 27 juin 2012 16:08:10 nicolas vigier a écrit : > On Wed, 27 Jun 2012, andre999 wrote: > >>> I would favour tagging backports as update repos, so that in the event > >>> of a newer backport for security or bug fixes, that it will be > >>> automatically presented with other updates. > >> > >> No. > >> as the update applet currently works it would show the backport as > >> an update even if you dont have an earlier backport installed, > >> defeating the purpose of having separate /updates vs /backports > > > > This is conditional on first modifying the update tools, as suggested > > next. > > A backport should only update an already installed backport. > > (Similarly for nonfree and tainted, if that is not already the case.) > > We should not change the behaviour of medias tagged as update repo. If > we want a different behaviour for backports then we should tag those > medias as backport, not update.
Fully agreed
