Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2014 22:19:42 +0100 From: =?UTF-8?B?Tmlrb2xhIFBhdmxvdmnEhw==?= <nzp@riseup.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [FreeBSD-Ports-Announce] Time to bid farewell to the old pkg_ tools Message-ID: <52F69F6E.3010808@riseup.net> In-Reply-To: <CAHzLAVHHKCKZ3TgKVRiuZFqSh2aX%2B2LqkQXg_QKHyNfD5eq9AQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <201402052202.s15M2Lha059200@fire.js.berklix.net> <52F2C0C8.5010203@gmx.de> <CAN6yY1uyXNp_c4PruKM89S9g0Y0QAs02cu5Z-dx3oSg1yZC19Q@mail.gmail.com> <52F32F7C.2030601@infracaninophile.co.uk> <CAHcXP%2Be1orionpYmyTWweC02mqU8B1FzZV=T4BEmdyekN%2BJxuA@mail.gmail.com> <CAHzLAVES7V_wg1JPS_L4a5zhr6Fyu=q=c1MN2OwkB0N-CdQ-vA@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2Bt49PKJ08ggRR%2BYrqv7n3=2dLEy-87ntWBWX35Tnk5Up8dY9Q@mail.gmail.com> <CAHzLAVHHKCKZ3TgKVRiuZFqSh2aX%2B2LqkQXg_QKHyNfD5eq9AQ@mail.gmail.com>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --4sgK9QVvOOUPdfdW9MNbGRh3gEDtt17qL Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 06/02/14 13:58, Rick Miller wrote: > On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 7:23 AM, Daniel Nebdal <dnebdal@gmail.com>=20 > wrote: >=20 >> On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 12:41 PM, Rick Miller=20 >> <vmiller@hostileadmin.com> wrote: >>> On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 2:59 AM, Big Lebowski=20 >>> <spankthespam@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>>> The ability to install certain package version, instead of=20 >>>> installing simply the latest one. Please, please, pretty=20 >>>> please! :) >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> I echo this sentiment, but I would like to take it a step >>> further and say "a certain version or greater". >>>=20 >>>=20 >>=20 >> I suspect he meant "a certain version, and *not* newer" -=20 >> sometimes you might want to hold back a package. >>=20 >=20 > Correct. My wish is the functionality be extended further to mean "a > certain version *or* newer", encompassing both features. Thus,=20 > allowing him to say "port-1.1", while I say "port-1.4 or newer" or=20 > even "port-1.0 or newer". >=20 Python's pip has a nice syntax for this, for example: somepackage>=3D1.6,<=3D1.8 Something like this could be adopted. (Disregarding the discussion if this is technically feasible ATM, I'm sure it will be eventually). --=20 I guess the Little League is even littler than we thought. -- D. Cavett --4sgK9QVvOOUPdfdW9MNbGRh3gEDtt17qL Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.14 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQGcBAEBCAAGBQJS9p9vAAoJECVxJsPurgHoPbcL/R6T4zBV6Brflb4LHHT5LCFB xe+L1C2dGHx4jARsC0fhzh/QqnQsis9LB9lHGJi38Ka4p+OB65lT4nmpUc22IXn7 HWpRF/IND161GgFd+7zlYOI8tj8d7iQSfO0oXqwE4lD4FwK6jNrTMfA0Wozhhapx +Eol7ZH58fUQffXPEliE+V7p2sKQVQ7rwfIZ4X8b6X5kC+NpGxDxJPOB4NUIHPWO z50ZL1ET/vjd1eXpwPjSL0nOkipZT7ZTMExVyQZMSiM/3dnR5zQt+28iAa9Qdc/q PmxTiWzXwejrdMWyTulqogj/R0+T9DxCSASXqMDg/spL6MXUGhHmGMXn6//0eK3l wTzhFzSNm8qwdk1QP7QBycJ4qsyv1X7ABD2oJjuI2TJe/ScX35jAk5Uy5iWCg+vf iiBourthErMTX8bNaMDtZNNMmk0U/GrFCwXOeFkOHgybZSf5cLZzfjCb2W+YNXXm qDcSlHNbuZuOi0ljbffsigAxX+6yvAFALav8lyuCDw== =JPsF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --4sgK9QVvOOUPdfdW9MNbGRh3gEDtt17qL--
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