[arch-general] arch health

[Mauro Santos]

On 20-04-2017 20:21, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>> Have you reported the bug? If yes and the dev decides that it should be
>> reverted to a previous version there is a way to do it, see:
>> man pacman | grep -A1 epoch
> 
> For the sake of completeness:
> 
> "Upstream or Arch?
> [snip]
> If Arch is not responsible for a bug, the problem
> will not be solved by reporting the bug to Arch developers." -
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Reporting_bug_guidelines#Upstream_or_Arch.3F
> 
> This policy isn't always pleasant ;), but the Arch developers sometimes
> are willing to balance pros and cons, so sometimes they fix such
> issues ;).
> 

Maybe I should have been more specific, I was talking about
downgrading/reverting an update. That is why the epoch field exists and
it has been used before. Ffmpeg does have the mark of shame already so I
suppose sometime in the past it has been necessary to do a downgrade.

In the case where the bug comes from upstream one should report it
upstream, but if it is something "serious" you have to report it in
Arch's bug tracker, the maintainer does not have a crystal ball to know
some nasty bug reared its head.

-- 
Mauro Santos