[pacman-dev] is newer than messages

[Xavier]

Karolina Lindqvist wrote:
> What is the purpose of the messages "is newer then", from pacman -Su?
> Can't they please be removed in the normal case? Is there anyone who need
> them? They look like debug messages to me.
>
> $ sudo pacman -Su
> :: Starting full system upgrade...
> warning: attr: local (2.4.39-2.1) is newer than core (2.4.39-2)
> warning: kdebase: local (3.5.8.20080105-1) is newer than extra (3.5.8-3)
> warning: kdelibs: local (3.5.8.20080105-2) is newer than extra (3.5.8-4)
> warning: kernel26: ignoring package upgrade (2.6.23.14-1 =>  2.6.24-2)
> warning: lirc: local (0.8.3-0.20080113) is newer than testing (0.8.2-10)
> warning: lirc-utils: local (0.8.3-0.20080113.1) is newer than extra (0.8.2-1)
> warning: tellico: local (1.3-1) is newer than community (1.2.14-1)
>

You could read the following thread :
http://www.archlinux.org/pipermail/pacman-dev/2007-April/008102.html

There are 5 mails there with "pacman, be quiet !" title. The two answers 
I got from Mateusz and the one I got from Georg all contain reasons for 
keeping these messages.