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[Robert Woodcock]

On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 03:16:22PM -0800, Rob Smith wrote:
> Keep in mind that anyone doing a system update can update the webapp
> package as well, with perhaps unintended consequences. It's not always
> easy or able to be rolled back as well.

I'd pick downgrading a package over downgrading a hand-installed application
any day. Not only do you know you have a consistent set of files for each
version, but the package manager will keep your old config files around
should you decide to replace them (or the new ones around should you decide
not to). Also, the package will have declared dependancies, ensuring that
the libraries the application depends on won't get removed during the
upgrade.
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Robert Woodcock - rcw at blarg.net
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