[packagekit] PackageKit & Debian, Was: External dependencies, DeviceKit-power and GNOME Power Manager

[Sebastian Heinlein]

Am Mittwoch, den 26.11.2008, 14:26 +0100 schrieb Josselin Mouette:
> When, later, a package that Bevan has configured is upgraded, the
> configuration file he modified is about to be upgraded as well. In
> some
> cases, installing the new version will break something he is now
> relying
> on, especially if it interacts with other packages. In some other
> cases,
> keeping the modified version will make the package fail to work as
> expected. If, instead, Bevan sees a question about a modified
> configuration file, he will remind of his change, and will have a wild
> guess about what to do. The same reasoning holds for the case where
> Bevan has installed a custom kernel image from the web to support some
> specific hardware, when udev gets upgraded in a way that will make
> this
> kernel fail.

Actually the apt backend sends a message to the user about a modified
configuration file. Either the new configuration nor the old one gets
lost.

Cheers,

Sebastian