[Yum-devel] Bleeding edge protection

[James Bowes]

Hi Leslie:

On Fri, Feb 08, 2008 at 12:03:22PM -0500, Leslie Satenstein wrote:
> How can I register a new plug-in requirement?
> 
> Justification: 
> As you know, there are critical applications/packages (critical to me)
> that are distributed. If by installing the package, I lose my system,
> then I have to proceed to recovery, with the loss of time and perhaps
> even some data damage.
> 
> I would like to have an option in the  *.repo  file or in the yum.conf
> whereby I can indicate that I would like the particular
> application/package be delayed by xx days in it's installation.
> 
> What this delay does is allow others for whom the package is not
> critical, to be the actual go-live testers.  If they find the package
> OK, then when my delay  runs out, that package would be installed via
> YUM. PIRUP, PUP or yumex.
> 
> No bleeding edge problem for me. (Even YUM could be one of my identified
> delayed packages).

Didn't you bring this up a few times last November?
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.rpm.yum.devel/1584
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.rpm.yum.devel/1664

You never seem to have responded to any of the replies...


-James
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