Comment 11 for bug 316858
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| Celso Providelo (cprov) wrote Re: Configurable number of versions in PPAs | #11 |
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Note that we are working with the hypothesis that apt will behave slightly better if we have multiple binary versions available in the repository index when there is an unstable transition. For instance, in the bzr PPA case:
* bzr_1.2 (requires bzrtools == 1.2) is published
* bzr_1.1 (requires bzrtools == 1.1) is published
* bzrtools_1.1 is published
In this scenario apt will install (of keep) bzr_1.1 and bzrtools_1.1 installed with a discreet warning about the fact that bzr_1.2 exist but cannot be installed without removing bzrtools_1.1. However, if bzr_1.1 gets superseded and thus removed from the repository index (current approach), apt will automatically remove bzrtools and install bzr_1.2.
For standalone binaries (inkscape case) it will indeed allow user to jump back and forward through the available versions.
Before digging into implementation details, I'd like to confirm if apt actually behaves as I described or am I dreaming.