[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] Re: rebooting constantly after upgrading packages

[From: Marius Vollmer]

ext Álvaro J. Iradier <airadier at gmail.com> writes:

> What's the difference between apt-get upgrading and using the
> application manager "search for updates" option? I thought it was the
> same...

No, not exactly.  What the Application manager does is more similar to
"apt-get install".  It will not upgrade the system packages
automatically theway "apt-get upgrade" does.

> If upgrading is not meant for consumers, why is that broken package in
> the maemo repository? Shouldn't it be in sardine? I mean, what's the
> point on having updated packages?

You are spot on.  This is chaos and the mistral repositories should
not contain the broken packages.  They need to be fixed and/or
reverted to the same version that is in the IT2006 flash image.

People here are aware of this... (and also appropriately embarrassed).