On 3 Feb 2003, Che wrote: > Hello! > i am not sure if thats the 100% accurate place to post that but id have I guess BZ is the place to request it, this a good place to discuss it. > a small feature request that wouldnt cause much trouble but would be of > great use. > > Would it be considerable to add a checkbox somewhere in advanced options > of "upgrade distribution" for removing all non redhat made rpms (vendor/ > distro/packager)? (upgrades could be done by just remembering the names > of the removed packages and install a stock version of the upgraded > %name if available ... if not just leave it out). I guess your primary target is Ximian Gnome. Packages I've used from other sources haven't been a problem. The idea has some merit, but I see blanket removal of "foreign" packages causing problems. Take IBM's JDK, DB2 etc. Perhaps a tool to run pre-upgrade would be better, one able to recognise known sources of problematic packages - and extensible so _you_ can add sources _you_ know about and the way of dealing with them, and able to deal appropriately with them. It might also be possible/desirable for anaconda to be able to ignore selected components during the upgrade, perhaps to leave Gnome at its previous level while upgrading everything else. -- Please, reply only to the list. _______________________________________________ Redhat-devel-list mailing list Redhat-devel-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-devel-list
