On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 17:09:11 +0100, Ralf Ertzinger <fedora-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > And just for the record: I read what it is trying to do before committing, > and I know that downgrading or suspicious removal usually means that there > is a bug somewhere. I'm not concerned about people like you or I... people who could be considered technically proficient and who have experience troubleshooting problems that are the result of packaging errors. I am very concerned about what happens if/when novice users begin to use smart as their primary tool. I admit that for advanced users who understand when something is 'suspicious' this approach can be very powerful... but for the 90% of the userbase who don't have a good grasp as to when something is suspicious and when it is not.. this can lead to problems. Especially if the advanced users using the same tool.. aren't being encourage to file bugs. The best way to encourage the filing of bugs is to stop execution and throw an error message. There is a better way in my head, involving keeping up with 'channel policies' instead of 'priorities'.. i just have to find the words and the time to articulate it. A way that allows smart to do exactly what it does now when it needs to deal with overlapping addon repos when you want to install something new... but flags reportable problems when a channel or group of channels aren't self-consistent when they should be. -jef
