Thoughts on FC and the future..

[William Hooper]

WipeOut said:
> I agree that this scenario is possible but (and I may be wrong) aren't
> most scripting languages usually backwards compatible in that a script
> created for an older version of the scripting language would usually
> still run on the newer vertsion..

As I said, an example.  Looking at the Rawhide yum changelog:

- patch to work with python 2.3 from Seth

So maybe it was a yum issue, not a python issue.  You still get the same
result: a broken yum.

Another example would be any incompatable change with glibc because that
would kill rpm.

> This is the point, to try and get to a point where the chances of ending
> up with pieces is far less likely since the people in the know have
> tried to avoid a situation that would cause the system to break from an
> inplace upgrade using YUM or similar..

I don't disagree that the problem can be lessened, just that in some cases
it may unavoidable.

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William Hooper