[maemo-developers] extras: promotion interface

[From: Levi Bard]

> One requirement that I think is important is an archive mechanism.  When a
> package is promoted, the previous version should be archived somewhere.  It
> could remain in the repository or be placed in a special archive repository.
> It would be needed if a demotion rollback was needed but, also, the community
> might want/need access to it in the future.
>
> It was not clear to me from the demo application whether multiple versions of
> the same package would be handled.  In fact, what is the current policy both
> for the extras and extras-devel repositories?  Do they store multiple
> versions at all?

Right now, all versions appear to be archived - check out
http://repository.maemo.org/extras/pool/bora/free/x/xmaeme/ and
http://repository.maemo.org/extras-devel/pool/chinook/free/x/xmaeme/

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