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From: Hartmut Goebel <h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com>
To: 31611@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#31611: Add a property in packages to refresh to a specific version
Date: Sun, 27 May 2018 19:55:09 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <58db61ea-979f-418b-0eb6-a3bc12cfc2eb@crazy-compilers.com> (raw)

`guix refresh` always fetches the newest version of packages. This might
not be desired in all cases. E.g. one might want to keep some still
supported "major" upstream-version and not yet update to the next
"major" version.

Ludo suggested to add a property in packages that would instruct
updaters to restrict the version search space to a given regexp.

Rational: Example: KDE Plasma 5 has 5.12 as long-term-support (LTS)
version, while 5.14 has already being released. Do easy maintenance of
dependent packages, sticking to 5.12.x micht be desired.

Original discussion:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2018-02/msg00055.html

-- 
Regards
Hartmut Goebel

| Hartmut Goebel          | h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com               |
| www.crazy-compilers.com | compilers which you thought are impossible |

             reply	other threads:[~2018-05-27 17:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-05-27 17:55 Hartmut Goebel [this message]
2018-05-28 23:26 ` bug#31611: Add a property in packages to refresh to a specific version Marius Bakke
2018-05-29 16:55   ` Hartmut Goebel
2018-06-19 14:17     ` Marius Bakke
2018-06-20  7:38       ` Hartmut Goebel
2023-08-11 19:59 ` Maxim Cournoyer

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