[ATrpms-users] collision for tor

[Jeff Guerdat]

Axel Thimm wrote:

>> Question - what's a good strategy for deciding what should have lower 
>> priority?  Is it generally best to leave the RH repos as higher priority 
>> and use the others for fill-in?  I realize one size doesn't fit all so 
>> there be no real answer - I just have to figure out what works best for 
>> me.  If there's some reasonable modifier to be used in the decision 
>> process, I'd appreciate knowing it...
> 
> Technically using any scheme that introduces partial/selective repo
> enablement introduces new per-user bugs. Therefore I'm personally
> strongly advising against doing so.
> 
> Most users will then blame Dries for some package set that was only
> half installed on their system while Dries will be completely
> innocent. I've seen that happen too often with ATrpms, and lost many
> hours of remote debugging until the user admitted of having messed
> with priorities/weighing/etc.

Good to know - thanks!

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Jeff Guerdat

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