Re: [Cooker] Firefox newer in 2008.0 than 2008.1 which causes upgrade problems.

[Anssi Hannula]

Colin Guthrie wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Just a word of warning to those upgrading 2008.0 -> 2008.1
> 
> As things stand currently there is a 1.1mdv2008.0 version of firefox in
> the 2008.0 updates but only a 1mdv2008.1 verson in 2008.1 sources.
> 
> So if you have a fully up-to-date 2008.1 installation it will not
> upgrade properly. This can cause knock on effects if you have e.g.
> eclipse installed which can prevent the upgrade of a large number of
> packages.
> 
> When the 2.0.0.14 FF updates hit both distros they should have the same
> release number and thus should allow a smooth upgrade.
> 
> As FF is the exception to the rule in that version updates are
> permitted, it should probably not have the extra subrel like most
> packages. If that was the case this wouldn't have been a problem....

Indeed, it shouldn't be 1.1mdv2008.0 since there never was a 1mdv2008.0
release in 2008.0.

Vincent, could we drop putting subrels in when a completely new version
is put into /updates? I don't see any benefit and it causes problems
when the next mandriva release has the same package with lower EVR.

-- 
Anssi Hannula