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(Get the code!)
No it's not, letting backports satisfy updates is opening up for a complete mess...
- it means it will pull package combos that QA is not testing -> support is down to YMMW...
- packages would need to have even stricte requires for it to work... currently most packages has Requires >= EVR to support upgrades easily. wich means packages should switch to only "=" or ">=" and "<=" to make sure the correct deps comes in... and in order for that to be really working, someone should test that too...
As for the thing about "if they have the media enabled, they want it" is not really true either...
- if you enable backports because you want spme specific package(s), and MageiaUpdate runs before you disable the media again, it will liste new updates to install, and the enduser wont see that they are coming from the backports media.