From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hartmut Goebel Subject: bug#31611: Add a property in packages to refresh to a specific version Date: Sun, 27 May 2018 19:55:09 +0200 Message-ID: <58db61ea-979f-418b-0eb6-a3bc12cfc2eb@crazy-compilers.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36180) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fMztn-0007mu-6Y for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 27 May 2018 13:56:08 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fMzti-0002LQ-Dl for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 27 May 2018 13:56:07 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:43329) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fMzti-0002LM-AK for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 27 May 2018 13:56:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fMzti-0005pd-3e for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 27 May 2018 13:56:02 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36059) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fMzt0-0007gr-Qo for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 27 May 2018 13:55:19 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fMzsw-0001qb-3J for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 27 May 2018 13:55:18 -0400 Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([2001:a60:0:28:0:1:25:1]:56754) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fMzsv-0001po-Om for bug-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 27 May 2018 13:55:14 -0400 Received: from frontend01.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40v71W2pByz1r8g6 for ; Sun, 27 May 2018 19:55:11 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.70]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 40v71W1zlHz1qqlF for ; Sun, 27 May 2018 19:55:11 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.182]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.70]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id zT0RQNq6qdNr for ; Sun, 27 May 2018 19:55:10 +0200 (CEST) Received: from hermia.goebel-consult.de (ppp-83-171-166-98.dynamic.mnet-online.de [83.171.166.98]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS for ; Sun, 27 May 2018 19:55:10 +0200 (CEST) Received: from thisbe.goebel-consult.de (hermia.goebel-consult.de [192.168.110.7]) by hermia.goebel-consult.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id A83D360361 for ; Sun, 27 May 2018 19:55:09 +0200 (CEST) Content-Language: en-US List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: 31611@debbugs.gnu.org `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 |