package apt forcemerge 160743 511578 thanks Thijs Kinkhorst wrote: > On Mon, January 12, 2009 14:51, Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote: >> Autoclean can do unwanted if someone needs to downgrade (or upgrade?) a >> package to previous version that was installed only day ago and worked >> well, it can be found in /var/cache/apt/archives, but already cannot in >> all official archives as they contain newer versions. Snapshots.debian.net >> doesn't contain all versions, and few people know about it. >> >> I also remember several such questions on debian-user@, for example. If >> user needs this feature, it can just set this option, this should not be a >> problem, IMO. > > I understand this view. However, I'm also not very happy with apt's cache > just growing, never slinking, in default operation. Is there some way you > think we can address this concern? With a quick re-thought of it, we may choose something like 14 or 28 days. Thus a cache won't grow indefinitely, and people are supposed to know what's wrong with newly installed packages for a 2-4 weeks. Hello Michael, your opinion? -- Eugene V. Lyubimkin aka JackYF, JID: jackyf.devel(maildog)gmail.com Ukrainian C++ Developer, Debian Maintainer, APT contributor
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