[arch-dev-public] pacman upgrade issue

[Jason Chu]

> > Can we release a new version of pacman 2.X that downloads deps of pacman
> > when it finds a pacman update?  I don't know how much work this is.
> 
> The problem there is that in order for that to work, that 2.X release
> would need to remain in the repos for a while, to ensure that most
> users have an upgradeable version.  If we put the new 2.X release out
> there for, say, a week, some users might miss the upgrade and run into
> the same issue.

Very true.  Again we run into the problem of releasing quickly or releasing
"stabley".  We have to make a choice: keep back pacman 3 to make the
upgrade smoother or move to pacman 3 and force some users to go hunting for
a solution.  Either way we choose people will be critical, so this is where
applying it to some sort of goals comes in handy.

> > Having the feature to download deps of pacman as well as pacman when doing
> > the "New pacman is available" steps makes a lot of sense for situations
> > like this in the future.
> 
> True, but that's just an issue of foresight.  It took years to
> actually manifest as an issue, and even then it's rather minor.

Sure, minor because there's a solution.  Not a directly apparent solution
but one that people could search for.

Jason
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