On Mon, Feb 08, 2010 at 06:42:56PM -0500, dave reisner wrote: > On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 6:26 PM, <fons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > In other words, do not *force* a user to update all > > app using a library just because one of them requires > > a newer version. Doing this leaves the user with a > > broken system, possibly at the most inconvenient time. > > > Arch doesn't force you to update. It's been repeated ad nauseum that partial > updates are dangerous. I propose you don't update at all if you don't have > time to update everything. Problem solved. You're trying to apply an ugly > bandaid a non-existant wound. Installing a new app is not an update. It may require an update of a library, and my point is that such an update should not disable other apps. Which is achieved by just leaving the old *.so in place. That's all. It's more and more clear that the only resistance to this is of a very nonrational kind. Ciao, -- FA O tu, che porte, correndo si ? E guerra e morte !
