Re: Proposing keeping multiple versions of the same package in the updates repo

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On Wed, 2020-03-25 at 10:09 +0100, Vít Ondruch wrote:
> Dne 24. 03. 20 v 19:52 Adam Williamson napsal(a):
> > On Tue, 2020-03-24 at 18:59 +0100, Vít Ondruch wrote:
> > > Dne 24. 03. 20 v 16:30 Adam Williamson napsal(a):
> > > > On Tue, 2020-03-24 at 10:03 +0100, Vít Ondruch wrote:
> > > > > +1
> > > > > 
> > > > > I would love this for Rawhide. This would also allow `dnf downgrade` to
> > > > > work, which would be very useful when things go south. In stable
> > > > > releases, you could in theory downgrade from version in `updates`
> > > > > repository to version from `fedora` repository`, but that is not
> > > > > possible in Rawhide :/
> > > > It's pretty easy to do this with the Koji CLI:
> > > > 
> > > > koji download-build --arch=x86_64 --arch=noarch (NVR)
> > > > dnf downgrade *.rpm
> > > While this might sound useful, it is not that useful when your system is
> > > borked and you want to get it up and running again.
> > > 
> > > IOW this is strawman to the original request and my reasoning for the +1.
> > In what situation could you do 'dnf downgrade' but not that?
> 
> In a situation I don't have other computer to explore Koji, in a case
> that for example Gnome was updated and it is not just about downgrading
> one package due to dependencies.

You don't need another computer to 'explore koji', you can do it all
with the koji CLI. 'koji list-tag-history' to find previous builds of a
given package, for e.g. Admittedly it's a bit clunkier than the web UI,
but it's all there. 'koji help' lists all the commands...
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