Change deb repository so we can host multiple versions of the same package
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Peter Schwaller February 4, 2020 at 4:03 PM
@Jean-François Gagné Sorry about that. Made https://perconadev.atlassian.net/browse/ENG-202#icft=ENG-202 public.
Jean-François Gagné February 4, 2020 at 3:10 PM
This ticket is https://perconadev.atlassian.net/browse/ENG-47#icft=ENG-47 and from what I understand, it is marked as a duplicate of https://perconadev.atlassian.net/browse/ENG-202#icft=ENG-202.
But I cannot see https://perconadev.atlassian.net/browse/ENG-202#icft=ENG-202... can it be made public ?
Thanks, JFG
Evgeniy Patlan January 8, 2020 at 7:17 PM
@Jean-François Gagné we have in plans to add multi-version support for our original repo in future.
For now multi-versions work for such repos: tools ps-80 psmdb-40 psmdb-42
For current case if you need to install some old version of Percona Server you can download packages for needed OS from web site and create local packaging repo. How to do this you can find here:
https://www.percona.com/blog/2020/01/02/how-to-create-your-own-repositories-for-packages/
Jean-François Gagné January 8, 2020 at 3:57 PM
I would like to add my voice to people requesting this. I did such request in a private support case on October 12, 2018. This bubbled back up recently in the context of https://perconadev.atlassian.net/browse/PS-6150#icft=PS-6150 (regression bug where a workaround would be to install a previous version of Percona Server, which is not easy to do with current repository structure).
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This is a request which comes up regularly from users (I have seen 2 already and PZ mentions it comes up regularly too). If we have time somewhere, this may be an interesting project/improvement.
AlexeyB indicated that it may be possible with other repo software/tools.
If changes would be made, let's discuss them in detail first to ensure everyone agrees with change.