[arch-general] A suggestion for the devs regarding rebuilds

[dave reisner]

On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 6:26 PM, <fons at kokkinizita.net> 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.