On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 09:29:36AM +0100, Sébastien Mazy wrote: > On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 09:59:09AM +0200, Grigorios Bouzakis wrote: > > Not everyone uses the two major DEs either. > > You are supposed to be able to rollback to previous releases your self > > anyway. Theres an awesome wiki page about it: > > http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Downgrade_packages > > Thanks for the link. Actually I know how to downgrade but should a non > negligeable amount of users have to downgrade manually? > > If everyone's box has to be broken for a package to be rolled-back, > maybe a simple news could be posted on the front page, for example: > "package x introduced a problem for some users with app y and z, > downgrade to previous package x if you're impacted". I think I'm not the > only one to check the news before updating, and even if it's posted > several days after the update was pushed, it's still good to know for > those who haven't updated yet. > > BTW my point is not that updates should be perfect. I know devs have > limited time resources. I understand your concerns. But look at the bright side. At least you know what the problem is. It could be much worst. :) An Arch Linux system is not and will not be, at least anu time soon, a system that doesnt require user interaction. Things like that will always happen to some extend. A new libxi is already out: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg/2009-February/044061.html I dont think news items like that are a solution, otherwise the webpage would be filled with stuff like that. -- Greg
