Re: [opensuse-factory] Locking packages ...

2007-04-20 Thread Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett
On Thursday 19 April 2007 11:33:42 Henne Vogelsang wrote: Is that not the same as we have now? Henne No, now packages from other vendors are locked. Nothing should be locked unless the user locks it. I am just saying the solver should not take a update from a _different_ vendor (different

Re: [opensuse-factory] Locking packages ...

2007-04-20 Thread Martin Schlander
Den Friday 20 April 2007 12:00:25 skrev Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett: On Thursday 19 April 2007 11:33:42 Henne Vogelsang wrote: Is that not the same as we have now? Henne No, now packages from other vendors are locked. Nothing should be locked unless the user locks it. I am just saying the

Re: [opensuse-factory] Locking packages ...

2007-04-20 Thread Henne Vogelsang
Hi, On Friday, April 20, 2007 at 12:00:25, Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett wrote: On Thursday 19 April 2007 11:33:42 Henne Vogelsang wrote: Is that not the same as we have now? No, now packages from other vendors are locked. Nothing should be locked unless the user locks it. I am just saying

Re: [opensuse-factory] Locking packages ...

2007-04-20 Thread M9.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Martin Schlander schreef: Den Friday 20 April 2007 14:42:42 skrev Henne Vogelsang: I like the suggestion a lot. The user will specifically want to install the packman versions of crippled packages, but won't want build service re-cripped newer

Re: [opensuse-factory] Locking packages ...

2007-04-20 Thread Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett
On Friday 20 April 2007 13:13:04 Henne Vogelsang wrote: I see and i dont like it. Because that would mean that you never get anything updated from a 3rd party repo because there the vendor will always be != what you have now a.k.a. SUSE after a install Of course not, because the package from a

Re: [opensuse-factory] Locking packages ...

2007-04-20 Thread Alberto Passalacqua
Il giorno ven, 20/04/2007 alle 14.42 +0200, Henne Vogelsang ha scritto: The user specifically requested newer unsupported packages by adding the 3rd party repo. Why would the package manager hold back those packages and install them only on request? In general, users add packman and other

Re: [opensuse-factory] Locking packages ...

2007-04-20 Thread Benji Weber
On 4/20/07, Henne Vogelsang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, On Friday, April 20, 2007 at 12:00:25, Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett wrote: On Thursday 19 April 2007 11:33:42 Henne Vogelsang wrote: Is that not the same as we have now? No, now packages from other vendors are locked. Nothing should be

Re: [opensuse-factory] Locking packages ...

2007-04-20 Thread Martin Schlander
Den Friday 20 April 2007 14:42:42 skrev Henne Vogelsang: I like the suggestion a lot. The user will specifically want to install the packman versions of crippled packages, but won't want build service re-cripped newer versions to override them. This is is such a special usecase that you

Re: [opensuse-factory] Locking packages ...

2007-04-20 Thread Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett
On Friday 20 April 2007 14:42:42 Henne Vogelsang wrote: The user specifically requested newer unsupported packages by adding the 3rd party repo. Why would the package manager hold back those packages and install them only on request? No, especially with the build service, you never know what

Re: [opensuse-factory] Locking packages ...

2007-04-20 Thread Henne Vogelsang
Hi, On Friday, April 20, 2007 at 15:06:34, Martin Schlander wrote: Den Friday 20 April 2007 14:42:42 skrev Henne Vogelsang: I like the suggestion a lot. The user will specifically want to install the packman versions of crippled packages, but won't want build service re-cripped newer

Re: [opensuse-factory] Locking packages ...

2007-04-20 Thread M9.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alberto Passalacqua schreef: Il giorno ven, 20/04/2007 alle 14.42 +0200, Henne Vogelsang ha scritto: The user specifically requested newer unsupported packages by adding the 3rd party repo. Why would the package manager hold back those

Re: [opensuse-factory] Locking packages ...

2007-04-20 Thread M9.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 M9. schreef: Alberto Passalacqua schreef: Il giorno ven, 20/04/2007 alle 14.42 +0200, Henne Vogelsang ha scritto: The user specifically requested newer unsupported packages by adding the 3rd party repo. Why would the package manager hold

Re: [opensuse-factory] Locking packages ...

2007-04-20 Thread Dominique Leuenberger
On 20-04-2007 at 16:06, Martin Schlander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wonder, do kde-backports and kde-playground have same vendor? If not this behaviour would also make it possible to have kde-playground enabled for certain packages, without constantly having to be alert as to whether

Re: [opensuse-factory] Locking packages ...

2007-04-20 Thread Martin Schlander
Den Friday 20 April 2007 14:24:53 skrev Benji Weber: I like the suggestion a lot. The user will specifically want to install the packman versions of crippled packages, but won't want build service re-cripped newer versions to override them. Also it would help discourage upgrade all mentality

Re: [opensuse-factory] Locking packages ...

2007-04-20 Thread Henne Vogelsang
Hi, On Friday, April 20, 2007 at 13:24:53, Benji Weber wrote: On 4/20/07, Henne Vogelsang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday, April 20, 2007 at 12:00:25, Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett wrote: On Thursday 19 April 2007 11:33:42 Henne Vogelsang wrote: Is that not the same as we have now?

Re: [opensuse-factory] Locking packages ...

2007-04-20 Thread Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett
Exactly, so for crippled packages, you want to switch vendor, and keep upgrading from the same vendor. If you lock them like now, you dont get upgrades If you allow inter vendor upgrades, if a crppled version from another vendor has a newer version, it will be replaced. I think my proposal of

Re: [opensuse-factory] Locking packages ...

2007-04-20 Thread Druid
I think my proposal of - no automatic inter-vendor upgrades, only explicit - only explicit user locks (rules) is much more simple and consistant. Its better, a little bit saner. I would prefer not to upgrade by default. You dont need to upgrade either when there is a new version of a package

Re: [opensuse-factory] Locking packages ...

2007-04-20 Thread M9.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Druid schreef: I think my proposal of - no automatic inter-vendor upgrades, only explicit - only explicit user locks (rules) is much more simple and consistant. Its better, a little bit saner. I would prefer not to upgrade by default. You

Re: [opensuse-factory] Locking packages ...

2007-04-20 Thread Druid
This is not realy correct, if a system has to be improved, in this case the way to update/grade, this feature has to be tested vigourously, i would not want to call this behaviour 'upgraditis' ...in this case.. You wouldnt call but it is. And who said all repositories contains tested

Re: [opensuse-factory] Locking packages ...

2007-04-19 Thread Henne Vogelsang
Hi, On Thursday, April 19, 2007 at 00:18:56, Duncan Mac-Vicar P. wrote: On Wednesday 18 April 2007 11:23:12 am Henne Vogelsang wrote: Can you specify inter-vendor upgrades please? If you have MPlayer with vendor Foo the solver don't select Mplayer vendor Bar as a upgrade candidate even

Re: [opensuse-factory] Locking packages ...

2007-04-18 Thread Pascal Bleser
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Henne Vogelsang wrote: On Tuesday, April 17, 2007 at 15:17:02, Klaus Kaempf wrote: * Henne Vogelsang [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Apr 17. 2007 15:07]: On Tuesday, April 17, 2007 at 14:56:30, Klaus Kaempf wrote: bug 264685 (Get rid of package locks in

Re: [opensuse-factory] Locking packages ...

2007-04-18 Thread Karl Eichwalder
Klaus Kaempf [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: bug 264685 (Get rid of package locks in package manager) asks for reasoning of and better concepts for locking packages in the package manager. [...] Proposals anyone ? I still believe third parties (all of them) must learn not to touch the /usr,

Re: [opensuse-factory] Locking packages ...

2007-04-18 Thread Duncan Mac-Vicar P.
On Tuesday 17 April 2007 02:56:30 pm Klaus Kaempf wrote: Hi, bug 264685 (Get rid of package locks in package manager) asks for reasoning of and better concepts for locking packages in the package manager. my proposal: - get rid of everything we have now. - don't allow automatic (only user

Re: [opensuse-factory] Locking packages ...

2007-04-18 Thread Henne Vogelsang
Hi, On Wednesday, April 18, 2007 at 10:25:36, Duncan Mac-Vicar P. wrote: On Tuesday 17 April 2007 02:56:30 pm Klaus Kaempf wrote: bug 264685 (Get rid of package locks in package manager) asks for reasoning of and better concepts for locking packages in the package manager. my

Re: [opensuse-factory] Locking packages ...

2007-04-17 Thread Martin Schlander
Den Tuesday 17 April 2007 14:56:30 skrev Klaus Kaempf: Package locks try to provide a solution for the following use-cases Proposals anyone ? First of all I think these benefits are far outweighed by the problems the locks cause. So in my view the auto-locking could be just removed. Worst

Re: [opensuse-factory] Locking packages ...

2007-04-17 Thread Henne Vogelsang
Hi, On Tuesday, April 17, 2007 at 14:56:30, Klaus Kaempf wrote: bug 264685 (Get rid of package locks in package manager) asks for reasoning of and better concepts for locking packages in the package manager. Proposals anyone ? Simple. Get rid of that alltogether. $VENDOR has to take care

Re: [opensuse-factory] Locking packages ...

2007-04-17 Thread Klaus Kaempf
* Henne Vogelsang [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Apr 17. 2007 15:07]: Hi, On Tuesday, April 17, 2007 at 14:56:30, Klaus Kaempf wrote: bug 264685 (Get rid of package locks in package manager) asks for reasoning of and better concepts for locking packages in the package manager. Proposals

Re: [opensuse-factory] Locking packages ...

2007-04-17 Thread Henne Vogelsang
Hi, On Tuesday, April 17, 2007 at 15:17:02, Klaus Kaempf wrote: * Henne Vogelsang [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Apr 17. 2007 15:07]: On Tuesday, April 17, 2007 at 14:56:30, Klaus Kaempf wrote: bug 264685 (Get rid of package locks in package manager) asks for reasoning of and better concepts for

Re: [opensuse-factory] Locking packages ...

2007-04-17 Thread Herbert Graeber
Am Dienstag, 17. April 2007 schrieb Henne Vogelsang: On Tuesday, April 17, 2007 at 15:17:02, Klaus Kaempf wrote: * Henne Vogelsang [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Apr 17. 2007 15:07]: On Tuesday, April 17, 2007 at 14:56:30, Klaus Kaempf wrote: bug 264685 (Get rid of package locks in package manager)

Re: [opensuse-factory] Locking packages ...

2007-04-17 Thread Martin Schlander
Den Tuesday 17 April 2007 23:13:12 skrev Herbert Graeber: But sometimes it would be nice to have some form of locking. For example, at the moment using KDE:Backprots and Packman togehter does'nt work if you are using digikam. Noone wants to remove the functionality completely. Only the

Re: [opensuse-factory] Locking packages ...

2007-04-17 Thread Christian Boltz
Hello, on Dienstag, 17. April 2007, Klaus Kaempf wrote: bug 264685 (Get rid of package locks in package manager) asks for reasoning of and better concepts for locking packages in the package manager. [...] The current solution to the above scenarious is to group packages based on their

Re: [opensuse-factory] Locking packages ...

2007-04-17 Thread Rajko M.
On Tuesday 17 April 2007 18:43, Christian Boltz wrote:           Package updates - change vendor?     You have installed package foo from $VENDOR, but there's a newer     version available from $OTHER_VENDOR.     What do you want to do?     [Install package from $OTHER_VENDOR]