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From: Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz>
Subject: bug#31142: guix package --upgrade reverses the order of packages
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 14:13:01 +0100
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Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> writes:

>>Yes, and I think we=E2=80=99ll close it as =E2=80=9Cwontfix=E2=80=9D.  :-)
>
> May I ask why? It seems it'd be ideal if packages got upgraded only when =
needed; the false upgrades pollute the output of an upgrade and makes it le=
ss useful.

It also generates spurious generations.
Last but not least, it makes it hard to the user to know when something
actually needs to be updated.

=2D-=20
Pierre Neidhardt
https://ambrevar.xyz/

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