> Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 03:21:53 -0700 (PDT) > From: Radu-Cristian FOTESCU <[email protected]> > To: Mageia general discussions <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Mageia-discuss] mageia software repository > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >>Understood, looked at the i586 instead. Suppose a new version of >>mplayer is released today, how long would it take to appear in the >>repository? > > A new version of mplayer would not appear as an update to Mageia 1, unless > it's a security fix or a very critical bugfix.
So it would have to wait to appear in mageia2? > It would normally appear in Mageia Cauldron, but initially in testing, I > suppose. > > > Other people should tell you how long would it take until it would show up > in Mageia 1 in backports, not in updates. > What is the difference please between backport and update. > >>Can urpmi be used by the command terminal to upgrade only mplayer? If >>related library files also need to be upgraded, can urpmi select >>automatically only those required to run the latest version of >>mplayer? Or must the entire mageia distribution be upgraded? > > > When you urpmi mplayer, supposing a new mplayer package is released, the > necessary dependencies will also be updated as required. > > If you really want to use the latest packages, and possibly experience some > breakage, you can switch to Cauldron. This can be done by running as root > the following 3 commands: > If breakage does occur, how easy would it to revert to the previous software version? Should breakages be reported as bugs?
