appdb issue: can't search for apps platinum on 1.0.x!

[Remco]

On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 12:11 AM, Ben Klein <shacklein at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/2/28 Remco <remco47 at gmail.com>:
>> Oh, I see. You mean that the package manager prefers the local
>> repository if all else is equal. That's solvable by bumping the
>> version number of the package that you download from the site. So, in
>> 'pseudo-versions', the repository would have these:
>>
>> wine 1.15-0
>> wine 1.16-0
>> wine 1.17-0
>>
>> While the site would provide these for download:
>>
>> wine 1.15-1
>> wine 1.16-1
>> wine 1.17-1
>
> This would fix the problem, but would also mean twice as much space is
> required to store the packages. If we're willing to deal with that, go
> for it!
>

Well, I don't know if any package manager really does prefer a locally
installed version, to the point that it actually replaces the package
with exactly the same one. It would seem like a rather pointless
feature.

I just tested it on Ubuntu 8.10 by installing the 1.1.15 version from
the site. I checked for updates, but Ubuntu tells me there are none
available. So Ubuntu is cleared. ;)

But if another package management system does work like that, some
compromise would have to be made. It's either:
* Extra space required, for the proposed solution, or
* Less usability, like it is now, or
* Extra CPU power required, if you were to bump the version on the
server when the file is requested.

Remco