From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marius Bakke Subject: bug#31611: Add a property in packages to refresh to a specific version Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 01:26:30 +0200 Message-ID: <87sh6be509.fsf@fastmail.com> References: <58db61ea-979f-418b-0eb6-a3bc12cfc2eb@crazy-compilers.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60635) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fNRXe-0006cO-31 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 28 May 2018 19:27:07 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fNRXa-0008Pw-So for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 28 May 2018 19:27:06 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:45011) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fNRXa-0008Pi-Mk for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 28 May 2018 19:27:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fNRXa-0002QY-B8 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 28 May 2018 19:27:02 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <58db61ea-979f-418b-0eb6-a3bc12cfc2eb@crazy-compilers.com> 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: Hartmut Goebel , 31611@debbugs.gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Hartmut Goebel writes: > `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 Can we simply patch the KDE importer to stick with 5.12 for now? --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCgAdFiEEu7At3yzq9qgNHeZDoqBt8qM6VPoFAlsMkCYACgkQoqBt8qM6 VPpAeAgAooaohqe98di/IDzOCClHU4WRiuvLOni0Y3hDDnMOLAaf7LAuDfBMa21U YGPx2bx/KI0bBAUYzaUpkcf7mQY/YsJYngJQaXMAh1fvvscm7wiGOdCSJmo/AeQi DEAOUb4pFONjsO9i1TKnVNop3dSrf9Zi6atLG95Wpjvjw7zRB8do8db6KbCUCKnl DaVvsuK9+zt2jySmuhz3e3SO7WK8EWFhpECi3z45CtJIwHAkvKHj1ATTv/+HWNSg puuzDFz9O7Vdsd1sjNAi3/+rR/I9cYHtLePFYZyycuH/naJ2sOH9wqrmIOAiDp2t iJr0mTwVEaYGULmwZem9phqwKdU4nw== =VMdV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--