Peter Tribble wrote, On 08/10/08 08:52 PM: > On Sat, Aug 9, 2008 at 10:30 AM, Martin MC Brown <dev at mcslp.com> wrote: > > Why de-integrate at all? The advantage of having something like IPS is > that you can simply have all the versions in the repository and the user can > choose the one they want. > > And given the existence of incompatibilities, I would expect a given version > to > be available essentially indefinitely.
Please note that this is about de-integrating from the distribution bundle (CD/DVD image, if you like), where things simply cannot or should not have eternal life. Grabbing old packages off some repository is a different matter... -- Lars
