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Date:      Sat, 08 Feb 2014 22:19:42 +0100
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To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [FreeBSD-Ports-Announce] Time to bid farewell to the old pkg_ tools
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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



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