On Thu, 2014-02-20 at 14:34 -0800, Adam Williamson wrote:
On Thu, 2014-02-20 at 17:30 -0500, Alex GS wrote:
> Actually I'm pretty interested in testing out 3.12 as there are some
> features I really want. If I add the COPR and update can I safely roll
> back again?
I certainly wouldn't bet on it. Linux packaging systems in general are
not built for rollbacks (you can do it, but it's awkward)
True but it's solvable, at least in Debian based systems:
In Ubuntu there is a "purge-ppa" command that removes all the packages
that came from that PPA and installed its "official" alternatives even
if they were older.
and major
GNOME version bumps may not be downgrade safe (config may be migrated to
a new format that doesn't work on the old version, or something).
I'd highly recommend using a disposable install, or a VM, or at least
doing a full backup/snapshot of some kind before trying 3.12.
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