[arch-general] arch health

[Guus Snijders]

Op 20 apr. 2017 19:56 schreef "Carsten Mattner via arch-general" <
arch-general at archlinux.org>:

If I may suggest a pain point: arch needs good support for
revoking packages and replacing with the previous version
if regressions are encountered.


>From a user POV, that is something where Arch really stands out (for me,
anyway).
My procedure was always:
#cleanup, keep current versions
pacman -Sc
#update all pkg's
pacman -Syu

And when I run into a buggy package, install the previous version from the
cached pkgs. That usually did the trick.

The important part is to only cleanup right before an upgrade.

Of course, this in itself does nothing for the packages in the repro, but
my users can happily keep working :).

The bugged pkg needs a report, of course, but usually someone has already
reported it by the time I see it.


Mvg, Guus Snijders
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