Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 07:58:57 -0500 From: Rick Miller <vmiller@hostileadmin.com> To: Daniel Nebdal <dnebdal@gmail.com> Cc: Big Lebowski <spankthespam@gmail.com>, freebsd-ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [FreeBSD-Ports-Announce] Time to bid farewell to the old pkg_ tools Message-ID: <CAHzLAVHHKCKZ3TgKVRiuZFqSh2aX%2B2LqkQXg_QKHyNfD5eq9AQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CA%2Bt49PKJ08ggRR%2BYrqv7n3=2dLEy-87ntWBWX35Tnk5Up8dY9Q@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>
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On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 7:23 AM, Daniel Nebdal <dnebdal@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 12:41 PM, Rick Miller <vmiller@hostileadmin.com> > wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 2:59 AM, Big Lebowski <spankthespam@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 7:45 AM, Matthew Seaman < > >> m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote: > >> > >> > > >> > I'd be interested to hear what features you think are missing. We > will > >> > implement anything (eventually...) that there is demand for and that > is > >> > technically feasible, and that fits with the overall concept of what > we > >> > think a packaging system should do. There's a number of ideas in the > >> > github issue list already (usually tagged with 'longterm' or > 'thinking') > >> > and we are happy for people to add to that, or to discuss ideas -- the > >> > freebsd-pkg@ list is a good place for that. > >> > > >> > >> The ability to install certain package version, instead of installing > >> simply the latest one. Please, please, pretty please! :) > > > > > > I echo this sentiment, but I would like to take it a step further and say > > "a certain version or greater". > > > > > > I suspect he meant "a certain version, and *not* newer" - sometimes > you might want to hold back a package. > Correct. My wish is the functionality be extended further to mean "a certain version *or* newer", encompassing both features. Thus, allowing him to say "port-1.1", while I say "port-1.4 or newer" or even "port-1.0 or newer". -- Take care Rick Miller
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