[Dwn-trans-commit] CVS public_html/src/Writing/DWN

CVS User joey joey at infodrom.org
Sat Feb 3 13:46:45 CET 2007


Update of /var/cvs/infodrom.org/public_html/src/Writing/DWN
In directory finlandia:/home/users/joey/Projects/Web/public_html/src/Writing/DWN

Modified Files:
	dwn-2007-03.wml 
Log Message:
Contribution by Felipe: supporting downgrade

--- /var/cvs/infodrom.org/public_html/src/Writing/DWN/dwn-2007-03.wml	2007/02/03 12:44:12	1.1
+++ /var/cvs/infodrom.org/public_html/src/Writing/DWN/dwn-2007-03.wml	2007/02/03 12:46:45	1.2
@@ -5,6 +5,18 @@
 <p>Welcome to this year's 3rd issue of DWN, the weekly newsletter for the
 Debian community.</p>
 
+# From: Felipe Augusto van de Wiel <felipe at cathedrallabs.org>
+
+<p><strong>Why downgrades are not supported?</strong>  Justin Pryzby <a
+href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2007/01/msg00241.html">pointed</a>
+a couple of reasons for not supporting package downgrades: replaces and
+maintscripts and wondered if there are any other reasons.  Damyan Ivanov <a
+href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2007/01/msg00253.html">\
+recommended</a> the excellent documentation about <a
+href="http://women.debian.org/wiki/English/MaintainerScripts">Maintainer
+Scripts</a> written by Margarita Manterola on the <a
+href="http://women.debian.org/wiki/">Debian Women Wiki</a>.</p>
+
 <p><strong>Want to continue reading DWN?</strong> Please help us create this
 newsletter.  We still need more volunteer writers who watch the Debian
 community and report about what is going on.  Please see the <a



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