Re: mass RC bug filing: data splitting
On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 11:12:24AM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 02:24:02AM +0000, Colin Watson wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 01:44:09AM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > > - user uses apt pinning e.g. between testing and unstable
> > > - user installs package from unstable (pulls -data)
> > > - user uninstalls package (but doesn't uninstall -data)
> > > - user installs package from testing
> > > - *boom*
> > >
> > > Is the usage of apt pinning consideres to be a user error?
> >
> > Apt pinning can quite easily break for all kinds of reasons. If you mix
> > distributions, I'm pretty convinced that you get to keep both pieces
> > when it breaks.
> >...
>
> This is quite surprising considering that several Debian developers have
> actively promoted the use of apt pinning e.g. through articles in
> computer magazines...
They have a right to do so; but I strongly disagree. Given its history
of causing thorough confusion (well-documented in the debian-user
archives), I think it should be reserved for expert users only, and not
recommended to new users.
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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